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LOT 1586
Stone Age Jasper Side Scraper from the Famed 'Fontmaure' Mousterian Site
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (89 grams, 92 mm).
Trapezoidal in plan with vivid purple, opaque cream and carrot-yellow colours. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Fontmaure, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1586
Stone Age Jasper Side Scraper from the Famed 'Fontmaure' Mousterian Site
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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