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LOT 1569
Stone Age Large Jasper Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (86 grams, 95 mm).
Knapped knife blade, triangular in section with cortex to butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 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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