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LOT 1606
Stone Age Mousterian 'Fontmaure' Jasper Levellious Point Core
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 in. (116 grams, 74 mm).
A knapped core with traces of chalcedony running through the jasper. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Fontmaure, Vienne department, France.
Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK 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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LOT 1606
Stone Age Mousterian 'Fontmaure' Jasper Levellious Point Core
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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