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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).
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