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LOT 1557
Stone Age Flint Scrapers and a Burin from the Famous La Gravette Site
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 28,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 2 3/4 in. (103 grams total, 68-71 mm).
Two with applied collector's label 'La Gravette' and identifier 'R' and 'T'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gravette, Dordogne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
The Gravettian tools making culture is named after the type site of Gravette, Dordogne, France, each has clear intricate re-touch.
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LOT 1557
Stone Age Flint Scrapers and a Burin from the Famous La Gravette Site
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Stone Age Ground Stone Pestle
Neolithic, circa 10th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cylindrical in profile with tapering conical ends; mounted on a base. 939 grams total, 25.1 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 British Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, 3500-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Biconvex in section with rounded butt and pointed cutting edge, some cortex remaining; small scooped depression to one face, perhaps the location of a shell or other inclusion. 158 grams total, 10.1 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Stone Age Pecked Hammer Stone
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Spherical with traces of pecked manufacture technique and old inked inscription: '874'. 252 Grams, 7 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.
