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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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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Piriform in plan with thick rear bulb; old collector's label 'Faustkeil. Fezzangebirge auf dem 11°50' Längen-u. 25°45' Breitengrad, Sahara. 350000-500000 Jahre alt.' 137 grams, 10.3 cm
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
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French Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With pointed butt and broad cutting edge; inked findspot '26N Clansayes, Drome'. 302 grams, 10.2 cm
From Clansayes, Drome, France. From a collection acquired at Bonhams in the 2020s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With lateral barbs and crescent cutting edge. 1.61 grams, 25.6 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
