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LOT 1919
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 7/8 - 5 1/2 in. (2.2 kg total including board, 49.44-139.09 mm).
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; most with inked date and findspot (e.g. B.10/2 La Raperie 19.8.76). [17, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom various locations in France.
Purchased on the European art market.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
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LOT 1919
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; various types, some with inked date and findspot (e.g. La Volve 22.11.76). 2.45 kg total including board, 39.12-119.22 mm
From various locations in France. Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Cert Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With thin point, leaf-shaped with stepped upper portions; marked at base 'RE / Bergerac / 69'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 613 grams, 17.7 cm
Found France. Collection of Tony Berlant (b.1941), inventory number 11/02-XX-27. Exported from France under EU Licence no.2023 DMF 1895. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Quartzite Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Knapped from translucent quartzite, weathered over hundreds of thousands of years' exposure; from the Wadi Talia, Queen area. 268 grams, 12.3 cm.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Acquired on the European art market.
