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LOT 1557
Stone Age Flint Scrapers and a Burin from the Famous La Gravette Site
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 28,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 2 3/4 in. (103 grams total, 68-71 mm).
Two with applied collector's label 'La Gravette' and identifier 'R' and 'T'. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gravette, Dordogne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Footnotes
The Gravettian tools making culture is named after the type site of Gravette, Dordogne, France, each has clear intricate re-touch.
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LOT 1557
Stone Age Flint Scrapers and a Burin from the Famous La Gravette Site
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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