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LOT 1476
Very Large Stone Age Knapped Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000-38,000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (1.44 kg, 18.5 cm).
Roughly leaf-shaped in profile with some cortex to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
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