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LOT 0343
Stone Age Flint Bifacial 'Ficron' Handaxe from Swanscombe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P
4 in. (227 grams, 10.4 cm).
Flint ficron in form with still-sharp cutting edges and the famous mottled patina from Barnfield Pit; old collector's label with '3/6'` legend.
ProvenanceFound at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
From the collection of John Sharp, a former well known archaeologist.
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.
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LOT 0343
Stone Age Flint Bifacial 'Ficron' Handaxe from Swanscombe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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English Stone Age Flint Waisted Axe from Ashmore
Neolithic Period, circa 6000-4500 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Knapped flint with rounded butt and waisted shank, angled blade; old collector's label 'ASH./26.2.20'. 103 grams, 90 mm
Found Ashmore, Dorset, UK, 26 June 2020. Acquired from the finder. 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 ‘waisted’ axe form is not common. -
Large French Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
With broad cutting edge and some cortex; inked legend 'Aisne / 17 NOV 1930 / M.AR'. 642 grams, 14.4 cm
Found Aisne, Hauts-de-France, 17 November 1930. Ex Paris 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. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 79 grams total, 22-36 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.
