Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1000,000-500,000 B.P.. Lentoid in section with irregular rounded edge and desert patina. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.27, for type. 407 grams, 11.3 cm (4 3/8 in.).
Found Northern Sahara, North Africa. From the British art market in the 1970s-1980s. Acquired via inheritance, 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. [No Reserve]
Price realized | 130 GBP |
Starting price | 5 GBP |
Estimate | 80 GBP |