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LOT 1555
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Tool Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.C.
3 1/2 - 4 1/8 in. (253 grams total, 8.9-10.4 cm).
Cordate in plan, each with some cortex to surface. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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