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LOT 1566
Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Neanderthal Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (29.3 grams, 68 mm).
A knapped leaf-shaped bifacial knife; inked legend 'Alligny . Cosne - 26 Jui 24'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Alligny, Cosne, France.
Ex M Alias collection, France.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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