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LOT 1478
Stone Age 'Le Monchel' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-9,000 YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (223 grams, 12.9 cm).
With rounded butt and blade, parallel sides, marked 'Le Monchel'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Monchel, France.
From an old French collection formed in the 1930s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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