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Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group
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LOT 1566

Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 28,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.

2 3/4 - 4 5/8 in. (99 grams total, 7-11.7 cm).

Each with inked findspot: 'Gravière Saint-Onger / Bergerac / JRV', 'Vallée de la Cou[..] / 14.3.68', 'Rabier / près Lac[.]queres' (and feint pencilled 'Rabier' below). [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Graviere, Lanquais and De LaCoulc, France, in the 1960s.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).

CONDITION
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LOT 1566

Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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