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LOT 1666
French Stone Age Triangular Mousterian Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-150,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (190 grams, 96 mm).
Triangular in profile with a narrow butt and a wide blade; attributed to Homo neanderthalensis. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Acquired from the art market in the 2020s.
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LOT 1666
French Stone Age Triangular Mousterian Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. 195 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rectangular in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '1840 SNC 3.82' and 'WGS 4000/1/28'. 63.7 grams, 63 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Piriform in plan with broad butt, natural nodule cavity to one face. 793 grams, 18 cm
El Golea, Algeria, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market.
