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LOT 1685

Stone Age Quartzite Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.

6 1/4 in. (620 grams, 16 cm).

A large ovate bifacial handaxe with thick butt; inked legend '1197 / Debenne'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), amateur prehistorian, former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France.
Collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise and Val-d'Oise.

Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 1685

Stone Age Quartzite Handaxe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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