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LOT 1760

Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.

3 3/4 in. (323 grams, 94 mm).

Rounded ovate cleaver with one smoothed face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Northern Sahara.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age 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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LOT 1760

Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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