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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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Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cordate on plan and lentoid in section with chocolate-brown cortex to the base. 1.17 kg, 18.5 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection acquired on the UK art market before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate, thence by descent. -
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
From the collection of Richard Widdowson. Richard owned an antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection. Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK. -
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Burin
Gravettian Period, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Slender and pointed with facets to the outer face. 4.95 grams, 78.34 mm
From Le Groze - Du Tay. 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.
The Burin is a characteristic lithic tool of the Gravettian period.
