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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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Danish Stone Age Classic Thin-Butted Axehead with Sharpened Butt
Early to Late Dolmen Period, circa 3700-3300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Lentoid in profile and rectangular in plan with curved butt sharpened to a second cutting edge, with superb colour. 854 grams, 21 cm
Acquired on the British art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age 'Buigny' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Round-butted axehead with cortex to edge and both faces; marked 'BUIGNY'. 197 grams, 12 cm
Found Buigny, Northern France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
With narrow rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's legend 'TROUSSENCOURT' to one face. 150 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Troussencourt, Northern France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
