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LOT 1713
Stone Age French Aurignacian Scrapers in Chalcedony
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-28,000 B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (65 grams total, 57-62 mm).
Lentoid in section, struck from white chalcedony with pale orange patina from iron in the mineral environment; one with feint inked findspot data 'Grattoir Aurignacien St Alla [.] Charriere'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the Dordogne, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of J.R Vircoulon and of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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