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LOT 1590
Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (445 grams, 13.4 cm).
Ovate axe with an old collection sticker on one side and an inked collector's note 'France. Rosehill Coll.'; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom France (according to inscription).
The Rosehill Collection of the Rt Hon David Carnegie (1865-1921), 10th Earl of Northesk (according to inscription), and likely sold at the sale of his collection at Christie's, London, 14-17 July 1924.
Collection of Michel C. Vaes (1934-2024), Belgium, formed 1960s-90s.
Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436.
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LOT 1590
Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-22,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint. 38 grams, 94 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and unifacial barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 118 grams total, 19-46 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Cleaver
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan with a rounded cutting edge, possibly natural, two old collection notes 'S.N.C. 1.82 WGS' and '3977/1/28'. 355 grams, 11.7 cm
Previously in several old collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
