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LOT 1506
Egyptian Knapped Flint and Chert Tool Group
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 15TH-10TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (312 grams total, 66-97 mm).
Comprising an ovate flint scraper, domed and with elements of the original cortex still in situ, and a smaller chert cordiform handaxe; inked inscription 'Nile' to verso, and '#745.' to verso. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, items 1.11 and 1.14, for types.
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LOT 1506
Egyptian Knapped Flint and Chert Tool Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Stone Age 'Bacton' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 240,000- 38,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Sub-cordiform handaxe with white cortex to the butt. 253 grams, 84 mm
Found Bacton, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2020. -
Stone Age Ovate Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Biconvex in profile with some cortex remaining to both faces. 225 grams, 90 mm
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. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Group of four trapezoidal axeheads, each with a gently curved cutting edge. 224 grams total, 39-70 mm
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.
