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LOT 1466
Stone Age Large Jasper Mousterian Point
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (136 grams, 92 mm).
Triangular in section with mottled patination providing exceptional coloration. [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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