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LOT 1438
Stone Age 'Danish' Knapped Flint Thick-Butted Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3000-2500 B.C.
4 - 4 7/8 in. (573 grams total, 10.3-12.5 cm).
Two trapezoidal in plan and one irregular with square-section butt. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1438
Stone Age 'Danish' Knapped Flint Thick-Butted Axehead Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Stone Age 'Langdale Tuff' Green Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Polished cordate form with narrow butt; green stone from Cumbria. 312 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market between 1994-2004. From the collection of a Stirlingshire, UK, gentleman. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Stone Age 'Le Monchel' Neanderthal Knapped Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Triangular in plan with some cortex; marked 'Le Monchel'. 163 grams, 11.1 cm
Found Le Monchel France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Stone Age Danish Knapped Flint Dagger
Late Neolithic Period, circa 2000-1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade. 120 grams, 22.5 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.