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LOT 1545
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (250 grams total, 20.6-68 mm).
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Vinca Terracotta Standing Idol
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Fine condition.
From the Wedemeyer collection; acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad butt. 288 grams, 11.1 cm
Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967. From an old Hamburg, Germany collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-120,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lentoid in section and cordate in profile, made from a Levallois flake; mounted on a custom-made stand. 454 grams, 14.3 cm (506 grams total, 15.2 cm including stand)
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