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LOT 1445
Stone Age Pointed Knapped Stone Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (688 grams, 16.5 cm).
Large sub-triangular form with square butt and tip absent, heavily patinated. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type.
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Opening Bid: £500
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