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LOT 1569
British Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6000-4500 B.C.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (7.4 grams total, 26-34 mm).
Comprising two leaf-shaped, one lentoid, and one tanged. [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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British Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6000-4500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising two leaf-shaped and two tanged examples. 7.98 grams total, 28-45 mm
Found 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. -
Chalcolithic Stone Eye Idol
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Triangular in form and plano-convex in section with scooped upper edge and two drilled eye-holes. 2.27 kg, 25 cm
Acquired in the 1994. 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. -
French Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Well made with a drop ovate form; inked legend ' St. Meme (FR / Charente / B. Amygdaloide / Acheuleen / Moyen'. 280 grams, 11.3 cm
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European 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.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
