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LOT 1519
Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 3 1/2 in. (253 grams total, 32-90 mm).
Comprising a core axe, two blade cores, a denticulate saw and an end scraper. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe core axe found Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK; and Culverwell, Portland Bill, Dorset, UK.
Ex Hampshire, UK, collection, 1970s.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
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Group of three carved and polished figurines with rounded heads and broad shoulders, folded arms resting on each side of the protruding belly, legs folded beneath the body; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.65 kg total, 8.5-18 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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12159-217186.
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Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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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. -
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