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LOT 1490
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (228 grams, 89 mm).
Polychrome jasper core; with inked find spot legend ' Fontmaure / 12-1967 / Disque / Moustérien'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Fontmaure, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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