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LOT 1523
British Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6000-4500 B.C.
1 1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (7.98 grams total, 28-45 mm).
Comprising two leaf-shaped and two tanged examples. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Dorset & Hampshire.
Ex N. Thomas collection, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Large French Stone Age Flaked Flint Axe
Mesolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Irregular lentoid in section with cortex to one face, rounded butt. 487 grams, 16.5 cm
From France. From an old UK collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face. 656 grams, 14.8 cm
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 79 grams total, 22-36 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
