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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.
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