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LOT 1244
Superb Stone Age French Cream Flint Amygdaloid Handaxe
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300,00-100,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (233 grams, 11 cm).
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'PLAZAC / DORDOGNE'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Plazac, Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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