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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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Large Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axehead
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With broad cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in section; repaired. 668 grams, 20 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. -
Stone Age Knapped Ovate Grey Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ovate in plan and lentoid in section. 73 grams, 67 mm
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. -
Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
Private collection, Raguse, Switzerland. with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016. Private European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice.
