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LOT 1463
Stone Age Cave Drawing of a Quadruped
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
13 3/4 in. (7.85 kg total, 35 cm including stand).
Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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 Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With polished brown-black surface, eccentric curved cutting edge, tapering rounded butt; remains of an old label to verso. 771 grams, 17 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. -
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Stone Age British Knapped Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising discoid, lozengiform and triangular scrapers, flint nodule with inked 'Spionnos' inscription, and other items, some mounted on glazed ceramic tile bases. 1.06 kg total, 3.6-12 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. -
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Extremely Large Stone Age 'Melton Constable' Knapped Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape. 1.3 kg, 22 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking in the Melton Constable area, Norfolk, UK, in the 1960s; thence by descent to the finder's daughter. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
