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LOT 1568
English Stone Age Flint Waisted Axe from Ashmore
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000-4500 B.P
3 1/2 in. (103 grams, 90 mm).
Knapped flint with rounded butt and waisted shank, angled blade; old collector's label 'ASH./26.2.20'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Ashmore, Dorset, UK, 26 June 2020.
Acquired from the finder.
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.
The ‘waisted’ axe form is not common.
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LOT 1568
English Stone Age Flint Waisted Axe from Ashmore
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Large French Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
With broad cutting edge and some cortex; inked legend 'Aisne / 17 NOV 1930 / M.AR'. 642 grams, 14.4 cm
Found Aisne, Hauts-de-France, 17 November 1930. Ex Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 127 grams total, 24-37 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. 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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Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Ex Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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.
Made by Neanderthals.
