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LOT 1926
Italian Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (568 grams, 13.4 cm.).
Cordate in profile with some cortex to the rounded butt; old collector's label 'Monte Grande / Ost van lago di Var[...] / an der Küste d[...] / Lago di Verano [...] / Gargonico'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Monte Grande.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
Made from flint with a mottled grey and yellow patina.
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Stone Age Mousterian Hand Axe
Palaeolithic Period, 300,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Piriform type with twisted point, inked findspot 'St. Helen, Bois du Rocher (22)'. 44 grams, 65 mm
Discovered in Le Bois du Rocher, Saint-Hélen, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by French Ministry of Culture export permit no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025. -
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Burin
Gravettian Period, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Slender and pointed with facets to the outer face. 4.95 grams, 78.34 mm
From Le Groze - Du Tay. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
The Burin is a characteristic lithic tool of the Gravettian period. -
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Stone Age Mousterian Hand Axe
Palaeolithic Period, 300,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Piriform type with cortex to lower body, inked findspot 'Kervouter (29)'. 129 grams, 76 mm
Discovered in Kervouster, Guengat, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export permit no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025.
