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LOT 1600
Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' from Le Grand Pressigny
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5500-2400 B.P.
10 in. (1.99 kg, 25.3 cm).
A substantial flint core or so-called 'Livre de Beurre' with vertical traces of blows on the work side. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in an old Stone Age tool collection.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1600
Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' from Le Grand Pressigny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th century B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Biconvex in section and tongue-shaped with narrow rounded butt, polished surface. 94 grams, 10.6 cm
By repute, found Lincolnshire, UK. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Slender body with a rounded blade, inked collection number '4163/1/28'. 179 grams, 11.3 cm
Previously in an old Stone Age tool collection, having been annotated with an accession number. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
