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LOT 1261
Stone Age French Grey Flint Polished Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (211 grams, 11.1 cm).
Roughly oval in plan, tapering towards the butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M.B. Abrams.
The property of Richard Britton.
From a U.S.A. private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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Composed of scrapers, blades and other implements. 542 grams total, 36-80 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising mostly uniface lentoid flint and chert arrowheads, a few tanged; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 134 grams total, 31-61 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age French Mottled Grey Flint Twisted Cordiform Handaxe
Mousterian Period, circa 300,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'DURY / (SOMME)'. 155 grams, 96 mm
Found Dury, Somme, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
