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LOT 1592
Stone Age Taillebourg Cordate Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (515 grams, 14.6 cm).
With curved cutting edge, some cortex to the obverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Taillenbourg, Charente, France.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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