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LOT 1535
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Blade, Piercers and Scraper Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (72 grams total, 42-52 mm).
Group of well-made examples of the Mousterian tool set, with the vivid colours; one with inked find spot legend '1970 / Fontmaure'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France, in 1970.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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LOT 1535
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Blade, Piercers and Scraper Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Knapped Chert Tool Group
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Leaf-shaped flakes of curved profile, one with cortex to base; each with inked inscription: '#778', '#779' and '#784'. 158 grams total, 9.1-10.1 cm
Ex Robert De Rustafjell (1876-1943), acquired in Thebes prior to 1909. Deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York. 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 Polished Handaxe
Neolithic Period, 7500-5300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Tongue-shaped in plan, lentoid in section with square butt. 184 grams, 15.5 cm
Private French collection formed 1960s-1970s. Private collection, London.
