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LOT 1571
Stone Age Acheulean Dark Red Quartzite 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.C.
5 7/8 in. (593 grams, 15 cm).
Cordate in plan with rounded edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Northern Sahara.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1571
Stone Age Acheulean Dark Red Quartzite 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Ex Robert De Rustafjell (1876-1943), acquired in Thebes prior to 1909. Deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lentoid in section and trapezoidal in plan. 345 grams, 11.6 cm
Found Egypt. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
