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LOT 1569
Stone Age Flint Core
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (102 grams, 85 mm).
Ovate in plan with inked collection numbers '4075/1/28' and 'SNC 11.81 W.G.S.', some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1569
Stone Age Flint Core
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Danish Neolithic Polished Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 3500-3000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in section, with squared butt and slightly curved edge; polished on all four faces with superb orange patina. 560 grams, 14.7 cm
From the estate of artist Holger Karlsson, Trollhatte, Sweden. Acquired in Stockholm, Sweden. Accompanied by a copy of a Swedish National Heritage Board export permit. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Drill
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a narrow tapering point and a rounded butt, possibly a replica. 18.7 grams, 85 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 105 grams total, 22-44 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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.
