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LOT 1605
French Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Acheulean Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (562 grams, 14.8 cm).
Oval in plan with a slender curving blade and a thick butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Vailly-Sur-Aisne, France.
From the collection of a South English gentleman.
Acquired from the art market in the 2020s.
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LOT 1605
French Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Acheulean Cleaver
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Drill, Arrowhead and Scraper Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four knapped implements. 56.5 grams total, 36-48 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 90 grams total, 23-38 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
African Stone Age Green Jasper Hollow-Base Arrowhead
Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Period, circa 7200-4500 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Lentoid in section with barbs to the rear. 0.75 grams, 19 mm
From Niger, West Africa. Acquired on the European art market. From a private S.W. London, UK, collection.
