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LOT 2832
Large Stone Age Red Quatzite Acheulean Cordate Handaxe
LOWER-MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
5 3/8 in. (429 grams, 13.5 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt; inked inscription '16/2 S/W, Foum Zguid, Marokko, 89'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Zguid, Morocco, North Africa.
From a private collection formed during the 1970s-1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 2832
Large Stone Age Red Quatzite Acheulean Cordate Handaxe
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
Thin and faceted with parallel sides, rounded butt; tip absent. 2.47 grams, 46 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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Cissbury Ring Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 9000-6000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a cordate blade, edge scraper and other items with pencilled 'Cissbury' legend, pasted 'Cissbury 1947' label and other markings. 240 grams total, 73-94 mm
Found Cissbury, Sussex, UK, circa 1947. From the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thin and leaf-shaped, made on a very thin flint flake. 7.73 grams, 48 mm
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