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LOT 0326
Superb Stone Age 'Dordogne' Toffee-Brown Knapped Flint Ficron Bifacial Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (314 grams, 12.9 cm).
Cordiform with large residue of cortex at the butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.17, for type.
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LOT 0326
Superb Stone Age 'Dordogne' Toffee-Brown Knapped Flint Ficron Bifacial Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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