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Attractive Stone Age 'Dordogne' Orange-Brown Chalcedony Bifacially Worked Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (332 grams, 12 cm).
Ovate cleaver with small portion of cortex to the butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, 1.9, for type.
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LOT 0330
Attractive Stone Age 'Dordogne' Orange-Brown Chalcedony Bifacially Worked Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge and narrow point. 148 grams, 12 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Flint Scrapers with Reproduction Axes and Spearheads
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Group of genuine flint scrapers accompanied by modern axe and spearhead types. 516 grams total, 3-21.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1970s onwards. -
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Exceptionally Large Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 7th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Square in section with broad rounded butt and only slightly narrower tip, polished, some cortex remaining. 2.05 kg, 33 cm
From the property of Mr O.S., a late Suffolk, UK, gentleman, who acquired at auction from the 1960s.
