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LOT 1703
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 in. (480 grams, 12.8 cm).
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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LOT 1703
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 100 grams total, 24-48 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age Polished Grained Dolerite Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2300 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A complete ground or polished stone axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a steep curve to the cutting edge, facetted ovate section with squared off sides. 332 grams, 10.6 cm
Found Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-3B9FD3. 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): £39
Rounded ovate cleaver with one smoothed face. 323 grams, 94 mm
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.
