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LOT 1738
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (550 grams, 12.4 cm).
Formed in dark red quartzite with rounded butt and tapering lower end; tip absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1738
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 248 grams total, 28-43 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Biconvex in section, knapped in dark red quartzite with broad edge. 425 grams, 10.1 cm
From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998. -
Large French Stone Age Magdalenian Bone Awl
Late Upper Palaeolithic, circa 21,000-13,000 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £250
Well-preserved bone awl with a long tapering point, inked collector's note 'Abris Val de Seine Poinçon, Magdalenien Dragage / Seine 75480'. 25.9 grams, 14.4 cm
From Abris Val De Seine, France. From an auction with Art Remy Le Fur. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. Accompanied by a copy of a French export licence no.257541.
The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic, named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley of Tursac in Dordogne, France.
