Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 1681
Stone Age Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (192 grams, 11 cm).
Plano-convex in section with some cortex to the irregular butt; inked legend 'Sept.93 / Longeuil / Ste. Marie / 60'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), amateur prehistorian, former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France.
Collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise and Val-d'Oise.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Stone Age Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £215
With rounded brain-pan, articulating mandible; perhaps Homo habilis, an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. 1.54 kg, 20.2 cm
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. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
Neolithic Period, 3500-2200 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
The largest piece a superbly flaked axehead worked from a grey chert (known as Danien flint); various scrapers and blades. 1.48 kg total, 6.7-19 cm
From a British private collection, collected during the 1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Large Stone Age French Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lentoid in section with broad square butt and long rounded cutting edge; unpolished; old find spot label 'Rocourt Saint Martin'. 436 grams, 21 cm
Found east of Paris, France. From an old 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.
