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LOT 0320

Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.

4 3/4 in. (148 grams, 12 cm).

Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge and narrow point. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0320

Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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