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LOT 1212
Neolithic Decorated Ceramic Jug
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (509 grams, 14 cm wide).
Of bulbous form with broad everted rim and decorated handle, shallow vertical fluting to the body and geometric motif to the neck.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Stone Age Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Finely polished in grey-green stone with asymmetric convex cutting edge curving to circular collared 'hammer' butt; pierced centrally to receive wood haft with shallow raised collar to underside. 565 grams, 13 cm
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Likely a crude cutting and scraping implement; bearing an inked identification '1313 / 1.TWYDALL' to one face. 183 grams, 10 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Neolithic Ceramic Juglet Group
4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising two carinated vessels with integral handles, and a globular vessel with pricked decoration. 345 grams total, 5.5-10 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.