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LOT 0282
Large Stone Age Knapped Axe Blade
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P.
13 5/8 in. (1.29 kg, 34.5 cm).
Worked on all sides into an almost symmetrical shape; lanceolate cross-section; beige flint (silex) with cream-coloured spots and dots; waxy surface sheen.
ProvenanceFindspot 'Reuilly sur C.1927', France.
Ex M.M., Paris.
French art market, 2019.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12473-228700.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0282
Large Stone Age Knapped Axe Blade
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Stone Age British Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Lanceolate form with sharp edges, broad butt; marked with findspot and date. 176 grams, 11.7 cm
Found at Luzboro Hill, Romsey, England, UK, on the 7 February 1936. From a former private UK collector. 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. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Nordic Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey. 663 grams, 18 cm
Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Massive Stone Age Thin-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Early-Middle Neolithic Period, circa 3800-3100 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
Worked and unpolished on all surfaces and edges, trapezoidal in plan with rectangular cross-section and slightly convex broad sides, straight narrow sides; butt rounded and with reduced thickness; rounded cutting edge; grey to beige 'marbled' flint with inclusions. 2.1 kg, 32 cm
Danish private collection, T.H. Denmark. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12472-228694. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The unpolished so-called “flat” or “rectangular axe” was in widespread use in the 4th millennium B.C. in Southern Scandinavia and North Germany.
