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LOT 0261
Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
8 1/4 in. (1.54 kg, 21.1 cm).
Extremely large example of a chopping tool, likely made by Homo heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom the well-regarded, long-closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old, large French collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From a UK private collection.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, items 1.10, 1.11,1.12, for similar types.
FootnotesSmaller handaxes continued as components of Middle Palaeolithic industries (Acheulian and Mousterian) associated with the Neanderthal and Homo sapiens. These rather crude handaxes probably reflect the coarser nature of the stone.
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LOT 0261
Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 105 grams total, 22-44 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. -
Possible Stone Age Flint Core Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising possibly one core, the other natural, one with inked collection number '4197/1/28' and the other with 'SNC. W.G.S. 882' and '4487/1/28'. 233 grams total, 62-81 mm
Previously in several old 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. -
Stone Age Handaxe Rough Out
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
In yellow-brown stone, an old collector's label reading 'Le Grand-Pressigny (Indie & Loire)' on one side and an inked note 'N 1 Neol. Le Grand Pressigny' on the other side. 360 grams, 15 cm
From Le Grand-Pressigny, France (according to label and inscription). Collection of Michel C. Vaes, Belgium, formed 1960s-90s. Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436.
