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LOT 1964
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. (580 grams, 14 cm).
Ovate in plan with broad facetted butt. [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 1964
Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Ovate in profile with broad base; inked legend to cortex at base 'Longeuil Ste Marie / Oise et [...]'; point absent. 540 grams, 14.5 cm
Longueil, Seine-Maritime, Oise. Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s. Accompanied by an original French Ministry of Culture export certificate no.CBC 242901. -
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. 257 grams, 12 cm
From South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Tools from Grand Pressigny
Neolithic Period, circa 4650-4450 В.Р.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including: a 20cm crested blade, removed from a "livre de beurre" core and possibly utilised as a tool in itself; two smaller tools with signs of retouch. 840 grams total, 9-20.3 cm
Found at the famous site of Grand Pressigny, France. From the collection of Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) and subsequently purchased on the French art market. Mr Chevais field-walked extensively at GP, and collected a huge variety of tools and debitage over a twenty-five-year period between 1910-1935.
