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LOT 1525
Large Stone Age Neanderthal Levellious Point Core
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P
4 1/8 in. (465 grams, 10.6 cm).
Light blue and cream patina with traces of orange from the iron rich sediments. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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.
Text book example of the type, with a neat and successful point removal.
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French Stone Age Pebble Cleaver
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Flaked from a cobble with smooth faces remaining, worked point; old label 'Campsas' to rear. 415 grams, 12.2 cm
From Campsas,Tarn- Et- Geronne, France. 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 from dense sandstone, the site of Campsas is famous for the mode 1 cobble handaxe technology. likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis -
Scandinavian Stone Age Polished Stone Thick-Butted Axehead
Neolithic Period, 4000-2300 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Highly polished with slightly concave sides, square butt, inked collector's note to one side. 510 grams, 21.7 cm
Found Scandinavia 25 May 1943. From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
French Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Well made with a drop ovate form; inked legend ' St. Meme (FR / Charente / B. Amygdaloide / Acheuleen / Moyen'. 280 grams, 11.3 cm
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French 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.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
