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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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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper/Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Very thin worked edge, with area of cortex remaining for grip. 18 grams, 43.6 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 Danish Type Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 3950-3600 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With mottled grey patina and fossil inclusions, a waisted profile and a rounded tip. 52.65 grams, 12.8 cm
From the Jutland area. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. -
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.
