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LOT 1900
Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (724 grams, 14.1 cm).
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1900
Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Flint with mottled brown-yellow patination; triangular in profile with broad base and some cortex. 320 grams, 14 cm
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British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Plano-convex in section with a narrow butt and a broad cutting edge. 345 grams, 15.6 cm
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Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Lentoid in section with facetted base. 388 grams, 11 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1998.