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LOT 1534
Stone Age Egyptian Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (345 grams, 11.6 cm).
Lentoid in section and trapezoidal in plan. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 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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