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LOT 1689
Collection of Stone Age Tools with Animal Teeth
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 3/8 - 3 in. (224 grams total, 35-77 mm).
Possibly from organised archaeology digs: five flint scrapers marked 'BHM' and 'BHS' with dates in the 1980s; two boar tusks marked 'BHM' with dates in the 1980s; quantity of mammal teeth, some marked 'BHM' or 'BHS' [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProbably found in the 1980s.
From an old large English collection from Lincolnshire.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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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Stone Age Bifacial Mousterian Tool Group
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including a flaked point and two ovate types, inked legends '[.]ervousin C291', '55'; '40'; 'Biface moustérien / Terrasse de la garonne / Montauban 82', 'P33'. 180 grams total, 55-69 mm
Found Terrasse de la Garonne, Africa. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.NAI40,33 & 55; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Published French Polished Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Teardrop-shaped with narrow butt, rounded sides and deep curved edge with polished blade, remains of an inscription, 'purpaN'? to one side. 173 grams, 11.1 cm
From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Large Stone Age Animal Idol Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Comprising bird and quadruped figures carved in the round with rounded profile; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.59 kg total, 9.3-11.7 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.12338-224208. This lot 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 early agricultural organisation of the earliest human society. The Stone Age people may have considered figures such as these to represent animals with their life-giving powers.
