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LOT 1524
Stone Age French Grey Stone Scraper
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (53 grams, 58 mm).
Ovate in plan with thick butt; old collector's label 'Palæolith[ic] / France'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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