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LOT 1775
Stone Age French Flint Scraper and Knife Blade Collection
CIRCA 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 3 3/4 in. (98 grams total, 25-96 mm).
Including long-blade scrapers, leaf-shaped and discoid blades; with collector's card 'French Neolithic'. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the UK, 1980s-2010.
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.
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LOT 1775
Stone Age French Flint Scraper and Knife Blade Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Stone Age Tenerian Knapped Arrowhead from Meteoritic Glass
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Fabricated from meteorite impactite. 1.01 grams, 27 mm
Found Libya. Ex old UK collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information ticket. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Irregular ovate cleaver with faceted butt. 326 grams, 10.4 cm
Found Northern Sahara. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. 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 Animal Idol Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Comprising bird and quadruped figures carved in the round with rounded profile; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.59 kg total, 9.3-11.7 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.12338-224208. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of early agricultural organisation of the earliest human society. The Stone Age people may have considered figures such as these to represent animals with their life-giving powers.
