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LOT 2814
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Sickle Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4,500-3,500 B.P.
2 7/8 - 4 1/8 in. (55.5 grams total, 7.2-10.5 cm).
Comprising two knabbed sickles with slender curved body and pointed ends. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired as part of a collection of Danish Neolithic flint artefacts from a Swedish auction house.
From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2814
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Sickle Group
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconvex in section with parallel edges and rounded ends. 57 grams, 12 cm
Found El Golea, Algeria. Ex old German collection of Dr J. Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s. -
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,700,000-163,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and biconvex in section with a sharp point, raised at the centre; inked inscription 'Libya'. 458 grams, 17 cm
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Libyan Desert Glass Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thin and faceted with parallel sides, rounded butt; tip absent. 2.47 grams, 46 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Libyan Desert glass formed approximately 29 million years ago when an intense, high-energy cosmic event instantly melted quartz-rich desert sand in the Sahara, which then rapidly cooled into high-purity silica glass.
