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LOT 1997
Superb Large Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Lanceolate Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
MIDDLE-LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
8 1/2 in. (1.05 kg, 21.5 cm).
Piriform in plan with desert patina. rounded tip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found in Ubari, Libya, with an inked find spot.
From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1997
Superb Large Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Lanceolate Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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