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LOT 1561
Stone Age Arrowhead and Other Artefact Group
MAINLY 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 2 3/8 in. (167 grams total, 18-60 mm).
Knapped flint blades and other items, some with old collector's labels or inked findspot legend. [40, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Stone Age Polished Basalt Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rectangular in section with thick butt, bevelled cutting edge; old collector's reference 'N1' to butt. 283 grams, 12 cm
Possibly Scottish. Acquired from Stephen Murray, Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, in 1979. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of two old photographs, and two letters from the Royal Scottish Museum, and one from the British Museum regarding this axehead, all dated 1978/9. -
Stone Age Tilemsi Valley Flint Knife Group
Mesolithic Period, 12,000-4000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mainly leaf-shaped two-edged blades with rounded butt. 125 grams total, 63-88 mm
Found Tilemsi Valley, Mali, West Africa. 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. -
Stone Age Polished Agate Axehead
Tenerean Culture, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lentoid in section and tongue-shaped in plan with long cutting edges. 124 grams, 12.2 cm
Found North Africa. 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.
