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LOT 1468
Stone Age Taillebourg Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.C.
7 in. (582 grams, 18 cm).
Irregular triangular profile with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Taillebourg, 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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