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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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Large and Impressive Nordic Stone Age Flaked Flint Preform for a Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 5000-3500 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large ovate handaxe 'blank' with initial knapping work already undertaken, preparatory to finishing and dressing. 790 grams, 19 cm
Formerly in the collection of Swedish Industrialist Nils Thorwaldsen (1918-2019). Ex private collection; acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
These flint axe 'blanks' were widely traded during Neolithic times. -
French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Light grey stone mottled with blue, with a gently curving blade and some cortex on the upper edge. 24.4 grams, 89 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Bourdielles 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 collector's information card. -
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French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cordate in profile and biconvex in section with broad rounded edge; from the sought-after banded flint of the Bergerac area; made by Neanderthal. 167 grams, 89 mm
From the Bergerac area of the Dordogne, France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.
