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LOT 1489
Stone Age Colourful Flint Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-250,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (533 grams, 14.5 cm).
Substantial flint handaxe with a cleaver tip; crystallised mineral deposits still heavily present on the back of the handaxe from the deposit environment; with inked find spot, type and dating legend 'St. Meme / Charente / B. Hachereau / Achuleen Moyen'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large French collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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