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LOT 1572
French Stone Age Large Framed Board of 'Gravettian' Tools
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 YEARS B.P.
22 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (2.6 kg total, 57 x 47.5 cm including frame).
Framed display board with mounted types of tools referenced including 'Pointe de la Font Robert' and 'Pointe de la Gravette' and other types.
ProvenanceFound La Gravitate, France.
Ex collection of MG Georgeon.
Ex collection of Madame C.
From an old 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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LOT 1572
French Stone Age Large Framed Board of 'Gravettian' Tools
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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French Stone Age Large Framed Board of 'Gravettian' Tools
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Framed display board with mounted types of tools referenced including 'Pointe de la Font Robert' and 'Pointe de la Gravette' and other types. 2.6 kg total, 57 x 47.5 cm including frame
Found La Gravitate, France. Ex collection of MG Georgeon. Ex collection of Madame C. From an old 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. -
French Stone Age Pebble Cleaver
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Flaked from a cobble with smooth faces remaining, worked point; old label 'Campsas' to rear. 415 grams, 12.2 cm
From Campsas,Tarn- Et- Geronne, France. From the private collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). 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 from dense sandstone, the site of Campsas is famous for the mode 1 cobble handaxe technology. likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis -
Large Stone Age Pregnant Animal Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £845
Carved in the round with sturdy body, swollen belly and ovoid-section head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.66 kg total, 15.5 cm including stand
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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12337-224209. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organisation of the earliest human society. The people of the Stone Age may have considered figures such as this to represent women and mothers with their life-giving powers, or as depictions of the ancestors.
