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LOT 1464
Gigantic Stone Age 'Mauritania' Classic Teardrop-Shaped Handaxe
ACHEULEAN PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 YEARS B.P.
9 in. (1.36 kg, 22.8 cm).
Biconvex in section with unusual patination, regular profile, some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Mauritania, North-West Africa.
Part of an old French collection formed in the 1930s-1940s.
Acquired on the French art market.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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LOT 1464
Gigantic Stone Age 'Mauritania' Classic Teardrop-Shaped Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Extremely Large Stone Age 'Melton Constable' Knapped Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape. 1.3 kg, 22 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking in the Melton Constable area, Norfolk, UK, in the 1960s; thence by descent to the finder's daughter. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Stone Age Polished Pendant
Circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Triangular in profile with suspension hole to the apex; mounted on a custom-made stand with collector's label 'Neolithic Pendant Sahara 5000 B.C.'. 68 grams total including stand, 38 mm
Found Sahara, North Africa. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Superb Stone Age French Cream Flint Amygdaloid Handaxe
Mousterian Period, circa 300,00-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'PLAZAC / DORDOGNE'. 233 grams, 11 cm
Found Plazac, Dordogne, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
