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LOT 1565
Stone Age Mousterian 'Fontmaure' Jasper Neanderthal Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
3 in. (124 grams, 77 mm).
Bifacially worked tool group, the jasper with vibrant colours and traces of chalcedony running though it. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Fontmaure, Vienne, 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 1565
Stone Age Mousterian 'Fontmaure' Jasper Neanderthal Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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