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LOT 1697
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
7 1/8 in. (793 grams, 18 cm).
Piriform in plan with broad butt, natural nodule cavity to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEl Golea, Algeria, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1697
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the S. Negev Desert, Israel. From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card. -
Stone Age Pecked and Polished Black Stone Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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From an old English, UK, collection. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Stone Age Pecked Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a curved blade and a narrow, rounded butt. 540 grams, 13.9 cm
From the late collection of gentleman from Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, whose collection was formed from the late 1980s-early 1990s.
