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LOT 1563
Very Large Stone Age Mousterian Levelious Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (215 grams, 12 cm).
Broadly ovate knapped from buff to light grey flint, made by Neanderthal man. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Discoid in plan with small area of cortex to the upper face; label '198' and pencilled legend 'Coombe Hill 3rd June 64'. 89 grams, 61 mm
Found Coombe Hill, UK, 3 June 1964. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
