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LOT 1559
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (262 grams, 12.3 cm).
Piriform body with pointed tip, an old handwritten label on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. 195 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
African Stone Age Green Jasper Hollow-Base Arrowhead
Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Period, circa 7200-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lentoid in section with barbs to the rear. 0.75 grams, 19 mm
From Niger, West Africa. Acquired on the European art market. From a private S.W. London, UK, collection. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Cleaver Type Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Cordate type in dark red quartzite with broad edge. 674 grams, 12.3 cm
From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
