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LOT 1613
Stone Age Homo Erectus Stone Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (562 grams, 14.8 cm without stand).
Broadly linguiform with thick rounded butt; marked '26576'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
Part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s, and sold via a European auction house.
Acquired from Mr P.M., Kent, UK.
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Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face. 656 grams, 14.8 cm
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Stone Age Neanderthal Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Linguiform type, plano-convex in section with square butt. 40 grams, 71 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. From a private collection of a French gentleman, which was sold by his family at auction after his death. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £350 - 550 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589.
