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LOT 1548
Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (123 grams, 87 mm).
Cordate in plan, finely made with intricate retouching. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Barraux, France.
From the collection of a Belgian collector.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Footnotes
Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.
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