British Stone Age Knapped Flint Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead

Comprising a pair of idols carved in the round with emphasised hips and vestigial head and limbs; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.55 kg total, 15-19 cm including stand



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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12335-224212. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organisation of the earliest human society. The people of the Stone Age may have considered figures such as this to represent women and mothers with their life-giving powers, or as depictions of the ancestors.

Includes a finely worked drill, from Fontmaure, the jasper with vibrant colours and traces of chalcedony running though it. 150 grams total, 46-81 mm



Found Fontmaure, Vienne, France. Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). 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.

Three knapped arrowheads, one with tang in light brown flint, two leaf-shaped in light brown flint. 8.8 grams total, 33-37 mm



Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.