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LOT 1692
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (520 grams, 13.3 cm).
Plano-convex in section, ovate in plan 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 1692
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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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. -
Stone Age Idol Group
2nd-1st millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: columnar type with one indented finial; cobble with reserved edges, centre removed to replicate an axehead; repaired. 406 grams total, 9.2-10.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Large Stone Age Flint Core from Spiennes
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Showing the long flake removals which were then made into knives, tools and daggers; marked twice 'SP.' for the findspot 'Spiennes'. 490 grams, 18 cm
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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.
