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LOT 1581
Stone Age Egyptian Flint Discoidal Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (236 grams, 89 mm).
With rounded butt and cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Egypt.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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