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LOT 1645

Stone Age Gravettian Blade Barrel Core

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 B.P.

2 5/8 in. (58 grams, 68 mm).

A light brown flint core with blade removals from around the whole. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Sougy, Loiret, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of J.R Vircoulon.
Acquired on the UK 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1645

Stone Age Gravettian Blade Barrel Core

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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