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LOT 1528
Published Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-250,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (462 grams, 12.9 cm).
Lentoid in section and piriform in plan with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
From the collection of a French museum in the Dordogne which closed some years ago.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Guidez, Jean-Luis, Les Pyreneens De Lake Des Glaces, p.50.
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Published North African Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Group of three flint arrowheads comprising leaf-shaped, triangular and chevron. 3.08 grams total, 26-34 mm
From North Africa. From the collection of a French Museum in the Dordogne which closed some years ago. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6000-4500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising two leaf-shaped and two tanged examples. 7.98 grams total, 28-45 mm
Found in Dorset & Hampshire. Ex N. Thomas collection, 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Ryedale Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two knapped arrowheads, both with some retouching. 4.59 grams total, 25-38 mm
Found Huttons Ambro, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, before 13 November 1999. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by two record sheets by Jim Halliday dated 8 February 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
