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LOT 1592
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-120,000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (6 in.) (454 grams, 14.3 cm (506 grams total, 15.2 cm including stand)).
Lentoid in section and cordate in profile, made from a Levallois flake; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North West Africa.
Formally part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s.
Acquired on the UK art market from Mr P M based in Kent.
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