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LOT 1675
French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (46.3 grams, 68 mm).
Tongue-shaped with broad edge, legend to underside 'Ventouse'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Ventouse, Charente Department of Nouvelle, Aquitaine, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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LOT 1675
French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £10
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UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender body with a rounded blade, inked collection number '4163/1/28'. 179 grams, 11.3 cm
Previously in an old Stone Age tool collection, having been annotated with an accession number. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Very Large Stone Age Fontmaure Knapped Jasper Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cordate in profile with deep orange-tan glossy patina; small remains of cortex; made by Neanderthal. 331 grams, 96 mm
From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection.
