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LOT 0308
Stone Age Classic-Shaped Flint Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-300,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (443 grams total including stand, axe: 13 cm).
Cordiform with mottled autumnal patina and glassy flint; traces of fossil marine creatures within the flint, now turned to quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFound Thames gravels, Kent, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Lentoid in section with knapped edges, rounded butt. 50 grams, 11 cm
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Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Piriform hand-adze with cortex to the handle, old collector's inked reference 'P14'; drilled for mounting. 280 grams, 97 mm
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Mesolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Three knapped knife blades, one in dark grey flint with some cortex, two pale brown. 22.05 grams total, 43-61 mm
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