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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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Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 115 grams total, 21-50 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Pecked Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With a curved blade and a narrow, rounded butt. 540 grams, 13.9 cm
From the late collection of gentleman from Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, whose collection was formed from the late 1980s-early 1990s. -
Very Large Stone Age Fontmaure Knapped Jasper Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Cordate in profile with deep orange-tan glossy patina; old inked legend on label 'Biface Acheulian T'; made by Neanderthal. 244 grams, 73 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.
