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LOT 1516
Stone Age Acheulean 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/2 in. (433 grams, 13.9 cm).
Substantial triangular-section handaxe with broad rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the British art market in the 1970s-1980s.
Acquired via inheritance, 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
See Cranshaw, S., Handaxes and Cleavers: Selected English Acheulian Industries, BAR British Series 113, Oxford, 1983, pl.9.
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LOT 1516
Stone Age Acheulean 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
Mesolithic Period, circa 6,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a core axe, two blade cores, a denticulate saw and an end scraper. 253 grams total, 32-90 mm
The core axe found Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK; and Culverwell, Portland Bill, Dorset, UK. Ex Hampshire, UK, collection, 1970s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page. -
Stone Age Polished Tortoise Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Plano-convex in section with tapering body and radiating limbs. 756 grams, 14.5 cm
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.
The sculptures represent farm animals in the Neolithic period. Animal figurines seem to be a recurrent feature in the earlier Neolithic settlements, in the Balkans and in the Levant. It is significant that in the Neolithic Mediterranean, the animals depicted seem to be domesticated, thus suggesting that its reference points were within the confines of the community. -
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Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With broad curved cutting edge tapering body and narrow tip, polished surfaces. 164 grams, 14 cm
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.
