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LOT 1901
Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (1.17 kg, 18.5 cm).
Cordate on plan and lentoid in section with chocolate-brown cortex to the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate, thence by descent.
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LOT 1901
Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Adze with Blue-Grey Patina
Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Period, circa 7550-3650 B.Р.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lentoid in section with rounded edge and base; cortex still remaining on part of the tool; inked findspot 'Salisbury'. 378 grams, 13.5 cm
From the private collection of Mr P.M. Wiltshire, UK. Found by the collector whilst field walking in the Salisbury area during the early 2000s. -
Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to the reverse. 676 grams, 14.9 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
French Stone Age Magdalenian Bone Awl
Magdalenian Period, circa 21,000-13,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Well-preserved bone awl from ‘’Abris Val De Seine’’. 9.05 grams, 94.4 mm
From an auction with Art Remy Le Fur. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. Accompanied by a copy of French export licence no.257541.
The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic. It dates from around 21,000 to 13,000 years BP. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley of Tursac in Dordogne, France.
