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LOT 0268
Stone Age French Variegated Grey Flint Limande Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 B.P.
6 in. (408 grams, 15.3 cm).
Knapped with a rounded butt and convex cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection established since the 1950s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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