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LOT 1700
French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade Group - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 22,000-17,000 B.P.
1 7/8 - 2 in. (18.3 grams total, 48-52 mm).
Comprising two blades made from bluish-white flint, and one made of dark blue-grey flint. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
Each accompanied by an illustrated collector's information card.
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LOT 1700
French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade Group - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s. -
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Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £15
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. 195 grams, 10.7 cm
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Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-22,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint. 38 grams, 94 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
