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LOT 1677
Stone Age French Knife Blade Collection
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 7/8 in. (36 grams total, 64-72 mm).
Three parallel-sided blades in mottled honey-coloured flint. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Bergerac with the classic Bergerac patina.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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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Massive Stone Age Thin-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Early-Middle Neolithic Period, circa 3800-3100 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
Worked and unpolished on all surfaces and edges, trapezoidal in plan with rectangular cross-section and slightly convex broad sides, straight narrow sides; butt rounded and with reduced thickness; rounded cutting edge; grey to beige 'marbled' flint with inclusions. 2.1 kg, 32 cm
Danish private collection, T.H. Denmark. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12472-228694. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The unpolished so-called “flat” or “rectangular axe” was in widespread use in the 4th millennium B.C. in Southern Scandinavia and North Germany. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lozengiform in section with broad butt. 699 grams, 13 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. -
Stone Age French Flint Chisel
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sturdy square-section shank with irregular butt and broad cutting edge; cortex to handle; old findspot label 'Monceuil en Dole' 288 grams, 17 cm
Found east of Paris, France. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
