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LOT 1428
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-9,000 YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (152 grams, 14.1 cm).
Irregular in form with curved cutting edge, marked 'Troussencourt'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Monchel, France.
From an old French collection formed in the 1930s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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