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LOT 1524
Stone Age Handaxe Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-200,000 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (846 grams total, 14.2-14.3 cm).
Comprising: one flat in section with rounded butt, the other plano-convex with broad cutting edge. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld collection.
Private collection, London.
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Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cordate in plan, finely made with intricate retouching. 123 grams, 87 mm
Found Barraux, France. From the collection of a Belgian collector. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis. -
Stone Age Stone Idol
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Crescentic with domed upper face, drilled eyes and a wide nose. 276 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Stone Age Touvent Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Some with cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Touvent'. 330 grams total, 47-76 mm
Found Touvent, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
