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LOT 1546
Large French Stone Age Flaked Flint Axe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (487 grams, 16.5 cm).
Irregular lentoid in section with cortex to one face, rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom France.
From an old UK collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000-60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lozengiform in plan with broad pointed butt; inked legend 'Mainxe / 10 / [?]-4-68'. 53 grams, 89 mm
Found Mainxe, France, 1 April 1968. From the private collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Made by Neanderthals. -
European Pierced Stone Age Axehead
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; large central perforation. 420 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Period, circa 6000-4000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'. 222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame
Found Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A. From an old collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
