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LOT 1686
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 in. (425 grams, 10.1 cm).
Biconvex in section, knapped in dark red quartzite with broad edge. [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 1686
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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French Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Adze
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cordiform in plan and lentoid in section with acute point; inked legend 'Caply' to one face. 190 grams, 93 mm
From Caply, Northern France. From the UK art market. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Slender Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Lozengiform in plan with thick butt, in dark red quartzite. 588 grams, 17.5 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. -
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French Stone Age Mousterian Kapped Flint Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Roughly triangular in plan with fine retouch to the face and sides; cortex to butt. 21.6 grams, 62 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From a private collection.
