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LOT 0263
Large Greenstone Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
11 1/2 in. (1.8 kg, 29.2 cm).
Trapezoidal in form with thick butt and curved cutting edge; cracked.
ProvenancePrivate collection, United Kingdom; reportedly found whilst fieldwalking, 1980s.
Thence by descent.
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LOT 0263
Large Greenstone Polished Axehead
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Curved body with some serrations on the upper edge, inked collector's note 'Nr Thetford' on one side. 71 grams, 13.9 cm
Found near Thetford, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wide body with an old handwritten label on one side. 403 grams, 12.4 cm
Found Chiver's Pit, Hampshire, UK, 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate axe with an old collection sticker on one side and an inked collector's note 'France. Rosehill Coll.'; repaired. 445 grams, 13.4 cm
From France (according to inscription). The Rosehill Collection of the Rt Hon David Carnegie (1865-1921), 10th Earl of Northesk (according to inscription), and likely sold at the sale of his collection at Christie's, London, 14-17 July 1924. Collection of Michel C. Vaes (1934-2024), Belgium, formed 1960s-90s. Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436.
