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LOT 1577
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 7/8 in. (227 grams total, 53-73 mm).
Each with one worked cutting edge; mostly triangular in section. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bois du Rocher, St.
Helen, Dinan, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
Mousterian-Neolithic Period, 80,000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. 64 grams total, 49-65 mm
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vinca Terracotta Standing Idol
5th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With pinched facial features, stub arms and conjoined legs; vertical linear detailing for the robe, vertical lines to the back for hair. 79 grams, 11 cm
Fine condition.
From the Wedemeyer collection; acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Very Large French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levallois Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Broad ovate blade with thick base, cortex to the reverse. 287 grams, 13.5 cm
From the region of Oise- Northern France. Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
