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Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus
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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).

CONDITION
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LOT 1490

Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Levallois Nucleus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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