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LOT 1592
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-120,000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (6 in.) (454 grams, 14.3 cm (506 grams total, 15.2 cm including stand)).
Lentoid in section and cordate in profile, made from a Levallois flake; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North West 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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Very Large French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levallois Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Broad ovate blade with thick base, cortex to the reverse. 287 grams, 13.5 cm
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Very Large Danish Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
Early to Late Dolmen Period, circa 3700-3300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Thin-butted and of Nielsen Type III with straight sides and regularly rounded ends; mounted on a custom-made stand. 739 grams, 22 cm (848 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)
Previously in the ownership of a Danish gentleman. Acquired at Braun Rasmussen Auction House (part of Bonhams) in the 2020s. -
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including scrapers, other tools, and debutage. 199 grams total, 23-66 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
