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LOT 0295
Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
NEOLITHIC, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/8 in. (738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm).
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Raguse, Switzerland.
with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016.
Private European collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice.
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LOT 0295
Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Stone Age Knapped Axehead Group
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 10,000-4000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: teardrop-shaped burin with polished faces; triangular-section blade with rounded ends. 287 grams total, 10.2-12.7 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Stone Age 'Reygasse' Knapped Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
In light brown stone, of rounded profile with thickened butt; inked collection inscription to one side ' Smaïz', 'Reygasse' and 'Coll Mortillet 2154'. 575 grams, 15 cm
Believed to have been found in Reygasse, France. Ex Collection Martillet, no.2154. Collection of Mr François Bigot (1950-2009). Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural export permit, no.231578. -
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Stone Age 'Plazac' Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-250,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Cordate in plan with broad pointed butt. 492 grams, 13.8 cm
Found Plazac, Dordogne Region, France. From an old private collection formed in the 1950s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
