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LOT 1718
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (370 grams, 14.5 cm).
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1718
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Framed African Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, circa 6,000-4,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £65
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, swallowtail-type, tanged, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 1.14 kg total, 35.5 x 35.5 cm includimg frame
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Beaker Dagger
Beaker Period, 4700-3700 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £160
Lentoid body with finely knapped edges, inked collector's note 'Suffolk. 86' to one side; very rare. 67 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Suffolk, UK, 1986(?). From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 115 grams total, 21-50 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
