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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.
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LOT 0320
Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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