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LOT 1478

Stone Age Long Gravettian Flint Point

UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-20,000 B.P.

4 in. (78 grams, 10.3 cm).

With fine retouching; a very well made example of this rare type; with inked findspot legend 'La Vergne / Carlux / 24 / JAV' and old collector's label '[...] Carlux / Dordogne'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found La Vergne, Carlux, France.
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 1478

Stone Age Long Gravettian Flint Point

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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