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LOT 0320
Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (148 grams, 12 cm).
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge and narrow point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a very old collection based on the cabinet patination.
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type.
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LOT 0320
Stone Age Classic Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Stone Age and Later Artefact Collection
Neolithic Period, 4th millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Shropshire private collector. -
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
Mesolithic Period, circa 30,000-15,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Pointed handaxe with broad, square butt and lozenge-section profile. 541 grams, 19.5 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. 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 Cave Drawing of a Quadruped
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile; mounted on a custom-made stand. 15.15 kg, 34.5 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.
