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LOT 1583
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
7/8 - 1 in. (5.6 grams total, 22-26 mm).
Four paper-thin ovate arrowheads. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames Valley in the 19th century.
From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK.
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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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £514
Knapped axe with slender butt. 305 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Ex collection of P James, South England. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The beautiful slender form would suggest that it was not a functional axe but one for use during a ceremony, or used as a grave offering. -
Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Triangular polished axehead with bifacial blade and pointed butt. 193 grams, 95 mm
Found Rhone Valley Region, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Cordate in plan with pointed butt and broad cutting edge. 93 grams, 80 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
