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LOT 1760
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (323 grams, 94 mm).
Rounded ovate cleaver with one smoothed face. [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 1760
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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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 Polished Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising an axehead with chamfered edge and square butt, and a polished column with pierced head. 237 grams total, 74-86 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age French Stone Loom or Fishing Weight
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Found east of Paris, France. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. 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.
