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LOT 1624
Framed African Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC-BRONZE AGE PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000-4,000 B.P.
14 x 14 in. (1.14 kg total, 35.5 x 35.5 cm includimg frame).
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, swallowtail-type, tanged, and others; set in a glazed box frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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Stone Age Flint Core
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ovate in plan with inked collection numbers '4075/1/28' and 'SNC 11.81 W.G.S.', some cortex remaining. 102 grams, 85 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
French Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Ovate in plan and triangular in section with some cortex to the upper face; inked legend 'St.Meme / Charente / Biface Abbevillien' 286 grams, 11 cm
From the well-regarded site of St Meme, Charente, France. From the collection of a Belgian gentleman. Acquired from the European art market. -
Stone Age Hand Tool
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Kidney-shaped in plan with cortex remaining on the broad butt, curved cutting edge; underside with inked legend 'Pécharmant sud Corbiac MB80 / 03/11-xx-216'. 204 grams, 11.9 cm
From France. Collection of Tony Berlant (b. 1941). Private collection, UK.
