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LOT 1949
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 1/4 in. (578 grams, 15.9 cm).
Piriform in profile with cortex to one face; old findspot label 'Tunesien'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Tunisia.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
Made from flint with a mottled cream and yellow patina.
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Including: a 20cm crested blade, removed from a "livre de beurre" core and possibly utilised as a tool in itself; two smaller tools with signs of retouch. 840 grams total, 9-20.3 cm
Found at the famous site of Grand Pressigny, France. From the collection of Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) and subsequently purchased on the French art market. Mr Chevais field-walked extensively at GP, and collected a huge variety of tools and debitage over a twenty-five-year period between 1910-1935. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
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Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Plano-convex in section with inked inscription to underside. 23.3 grams, 43 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.
