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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
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and unifacial barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 118 grams total, 19-46 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Danish Stone Age Pecked Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a rounded butt, slightly curving cutting edge and a round socket; inked collector's note 'Slagelse' to the rear. 1.28 kg, 17 cm
Found Slagelse, Denmark. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-6th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 100 grams total, 15-46 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
