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LOT 1626
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
9 1/8 in. (134 grams, 23.1 cm).
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1626
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£133 (EUR 155; USD 180) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
Discoid implement with a central groove on one side. 269 grams, 78 mm
From Niger, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market. -
Farnham Stone Age Flint Microlith and Pit-Dwellings Collection
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Opening Bid: £5
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Stone Age Hand Tool
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Kidney-shaped in plan with cortex remaining on the broad butt, curved cutting edge; underside with inked legend 'Pécharmant sud Corbiac MB80 / 03/11-xx-216'. 204 grams, 11.9 cm
From France. Collection of Tony Berlant (b. 1941). Private collection, UK.
