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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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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Large Knapped Orange Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad rounded butt; tip absent. 573 grams, 18.1 cm
From El Golea, Algeria. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Triangular in section with elongated point. 1.9 grams, 31.5 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £361
Regularly formed with parallel long sides and rounded corners; inked findspot 'Clery' and number '67' to reverse. 389 grams, 13.5 cm
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
