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LOT 2831
Pierrepont French Stone Age Barrel Blade Core
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-15,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (119 grams, 92.7 mm).
Columnar in form with vertical facetting, broad butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Pierrepont, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Blades have been removed from around the whole piece.
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LOT 2831
Pierrepont French Stone Age Barrel Blade Core
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
Spheroid in form with percussion damage to the underside, old onked legend 'Buley 3494'. 355 grams, 69 mm
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Pierrepont French Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 60,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cordate type with flake removed from centre of the underside; inked legend 'Pierrepont 14 / 22-4-93'. 69.5 grams, 61 mm
Found Pierrepont, Calvados, Normandy, France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.
Attributed to the Neanderthal man. An interesting example where the handaxe has also been used to strike off a flake across the middle of the reverse. This is sometimes seen during the Mousterian period and is a beneficial use of material when wanting to create a tool for the current job. The handaxe would have continued to be used and re- sharpened as normal. Dual-sided contrasting patina. -
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Opening Bid: £5
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