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LOT 1947
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 1/8 in. (467 grams, 15.5 cm.).
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with eccentric round butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Goezzam, Sahara.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
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LOT 1947
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Acheulean Stone Age Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ovate in profile, broad butt with some cortex. 550 grams, 15.1 cm
Montesson, Île-de-France, May 1987. Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export licence no.CBC 242815. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Ovate Knife/Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Ovate in plan with a broad cutting edge and rounded butt; a very large example. 206 grams, 94 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. -
British Stone Age Crescent Knapped Flint Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Made from a piece of flint containing the fossil remains of a sponge, now crystallised. 24.9 grams, 54 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.
