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LOT 1641
French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-150,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (167 grams, 89 mm).
Cordate in profile and biconvex in section with broad rounded edge; from the sought-after banded flint of the Bergerac area; made by Neanderthal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Bergerac area of the Dordogne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
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LOT 1641
French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Long, thin awl made from a blade, the tip slightly dulled and the base thin and irregular. 3.99 grams, 59 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Accompanied by an illustrated envelope and two collector's information cards. -
Museum Recorded Stone Age Flint Axe from Essex
Mesolithic Period, circa 10,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. 89.4 grams, 81 mm
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Long, thick-butted body with curved blade; two inked collector's notes on one side 'Denmark. CD.61' and 'Denmark (monogram)'. 615 grams, 20 cm
Found Denmark. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
