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LOT 1601
Stone Age Jasper Bifacial Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 1/4 in. (52 grams, 58 mm).
Intricately worked, with vivid mustard-yellow coloration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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Large Stone Age Levallois Flint Knife Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Remarkably large example of a Levallois flake, each side with a different patination from deposition environment, some cortex remaining; with inked find spot legend '16. St. Meme / Carrières / 1971 / (éclat Levallois) / celle DUBOE'. 325 grams, 12.5 cm
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Stone Age Troussencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Biconvex in section with long cutting edges; each with inked find spot 'Troussencourt'. 398 grams total, 8.3-10.5 cm
Found Troussencourt, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
