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LOT 1732
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3500-2200 B.P.
2 5/8 - 7 1/2 in. (1.48 kg total, 6.7-19 cm).
The largest piece a superbly flaked axehead worked from a grey chert (known as Danien flint); various scrapers and blades. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a British private collection, collected during the 1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1732
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Stone Age Published French Polished Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Teardrop-shaped with narrow butt, rounded sides and deep curved edge with polished blade, remains of an inscription, 'purpaN'? to one side. 173 grams, 11.1 cm
From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Twydall Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With catalogue description '1075 Handaxe point on flake'; inked collector's legend '6.MP. 1075.C/Twydall'. 69 grams, 75 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads, including tanged and other types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 122 grams total, 23-44 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
