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LOT 0330
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (459 grams, 14.4 cm).
Triangular in profile with chipped point; bifacial type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceNorthern France.
Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s.
Accompanied by an original French Ministry of Culture export certificate no.CBC 242920.
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Very Large Stone Age Flint Core
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Substantial leaf-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, some cortex to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 6.82 kg total, 31 cm
Found at les Pivots, le Grand-Pressigny, France. From an old collection, Mons, Belgium. Private collection London, UK. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 107 grams total, 23-41 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. -
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Ficron' Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 550,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ficron form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with old collector's note '2 Hand Axes Lower Paleolithic Thames Valley. ?100,000 years old approx. H.H. 3-4-60 British Museum'. 250 grams, 10.2 cm
Found Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection in the 2020s.
