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LOT 1471
Stone Age Flint and Other Tool Collection
MAINLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (22 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) (3.35 kg total including case, 3.5-11.5 cm (case:57 x 36.5 x 6 cm)).
Including scrapers, burins, arrowheads and other items; in a glazed wooden display case with removable lid, green baize lining. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
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Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one D-shaped with angled cutting edge, one with acute facets forming the edge, and other types. 355 grams total, 40-69 mm
Found North Africa. Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, UK. 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): £1,950
Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.85 kg total, 35 cm including stand
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 Double-Sided Axehead
Neolithic, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
Private collection, Raguse, Switzerland. with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016. Private European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice.