Stone Age French Mottled Grey Flint Twisted Cordiform Handaxe

MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-100,000 B.P.

3 3/4 in. (155 grams, 96 mm).

Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'DURY / (SOMME)'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Dury, Somme, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.

CONDITION

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LOT 1252