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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]
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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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Irregular triangular profile with broad cutting edge. 582 grams, 18 cm
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Neolithic Period, circa 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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