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LOT 1771
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Arrowheads, Points and Scrapers
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4,000 B.P.
3/4 - 2 1/8 in. (120 grams total, 18-53 mm).
Including lanceolate, barbed-and-tanged, triangular-section and other types. [72, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Mali, North Africa.
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 1771
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Arrowheads, Points and Scrapers
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Large Stone Age Knapped Axe Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £990
Worked on all sides into an almost symmetrical shape; lanceolate cross-section; beige flint (silex) with cream-coloured spots and dots; waxy surface sheen. 1.29 kg, 34.5 cm
Findspot 'Reuilly sur C.1927', France. Ex M.M., Paris. French art market, 2019. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12473-228700. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Twydall Flake
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With catalogue description '1298 struck flake blade point (snipped)'; inked collector's legend '2.PB. 1298.A/Twydall'. 31 grams, 69 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Long Flint Knife Blade Group from Spiennes
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Slender flint blades, triangular in section with inked findspot legends 'SP.VII', 'SP.VVVIII' for Spiennes. 152 grams total, 8-11 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.
