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LOT 1546
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (1.2 kg, 13 cm).
A lightly worked cobble fragment with broad cutting edge; produced by the first inhabitants of Southwest France. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontsorbes, Haute Garonne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1546
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Large Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Large Stone Age Set of Blade Tools Including Bi-facially Worked Knife from Lincolnshire
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Found Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s. Ex amateur archaeologist. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
