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LOT 1507
Stone Age 'Central France' Chestnut-Brown Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 70,000-60,000 YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (240 grams, 12.2 cm).
Cordate in plan with finely worked edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Central France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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LOT 1507
Stone Age 'Central France' Chestnut-Brown Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Stone Age Pointed Knapped Stone Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Large sub-triangular form with square butt and tip absent, heavily patinated. 688 grams, 16.5 cm
Found North Africa. 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 Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mixed group including barbed-and-tanged and slender triangular types, mounted on perspex display frames. 47 grams total including stand, 26-56 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 Flint and Other Tool Collection
Mainly Neolithic Period, 4th millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £124
Including scrapers, burins, arrowheads and other items; in a glazed wooden display case with removable lid, green baize lining. 3.35 kg total including case, 3.5-11.5 cm (case:57 x 36.5 x 6 cm)
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
