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LOT 1493
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (256 grams, 10.8 cm).
Polished with a deep orange and cream patina, triangular in section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
Formally part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s.
Acquired on the UK art market from Mr P M based in Kent.
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Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
Mousterian-Neolithic Period, 80,000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. 64 grams total, 49-65 mm
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Subtriangular in profile and lentoid in section with a rounded butt. 333 grams, 10.8 cm
From South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
Mousterian Period, circa 80,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one triangular-section leaf-shape example and other types. 330 grams total, 5.9-10.6 cm
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
