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LOT 1556
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (177 grams, 82 mm).
Cobble flaked for use as a chopper, with indistinct inked letter, modern label 'Fontsome' and '11'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 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 1556
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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