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LOT 1777
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (699 grams, 13 cm).
Lozengiform in section with broad butt. [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 1777
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Collection of Stone Age Tools with Animal Teeth
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Possibly from organised archaeology digs: five flint scrapers marked 'BHM' and 'BHS' with dates in the 1980s; two boar tusks marked 'BHM' with dates in the 1980s; quantity of mammal teeth, some marked 'BHM' or 'BHS' 224 grams total, 35-77 mm
Probably found in the 1980s. From an old large English collection from Lincolnshire. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With thick butt and much cortex to the upper face. 180 grams, 10.6 cm
Found Egypt. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P47; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Massive Stone Age Grinding Mill and Pestle
Ténéré Culture, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Made from black volcanic rock with pitted surfaces, comprising a round-section lentoid pestle and a lunate mortar mounted on a custom-made stand. 16.4 kg total including stand, stone: 50 cm wide
From Central Sahara, Africa. Ex southern German private collection of U.H., since before 1999. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, auction 279, no.332. Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice and illustrated catalogue listing. Accompanied by a copy of the German cultural export licence. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12487-229952. 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.
