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LOT 1764
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Tool Collection
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-4,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 2 1/8 in. (121 grams total, 38-54 mm).
Flaked points, mainly triangular or lozengiform in plan. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Tool Collection
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, 12,000-4,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mixed group of cleavers, scapers and other tools with worked edges. 670 grams total, 3.8-12.1 cm
Found 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. -
Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Plano-convex in section with some cortex to the irregular butt; inked legend 'Sept.93 / Longeuil / Ste. Marie / 60'. 192 grams, 11 cm
Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), amateur prehistorian, former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France. Collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise and Val-d'Oise. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Very Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' from Le Grand Pressigny
Neolithic Period, 5500-2400 B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £495
A substantial flint core or so-called 'Livre de Beurre' with vertical traces of blows on the work side, including one pronounced blade negative extending half way along the stone’s length; cortex remains and core preparation traces on other side; proximal end with impact surface, distal end with rounded point; two bifacial wave to chevron-shaped core edges; flat-prismatic cross-section; raw material for blade production, beige stone (silex) with yellow undertone, cream-colored patches and spots, slightly shiny surface (origin: Le Grand Pressigny, Dép. Indre-et-Loire, France); old collector's label 'N13310'; supplied with a custom-made stand. 2.62 kg, 30.5 cm (3.79 kg total, 37.5 cm including stand)
Private collection, B.G., Southwest France. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00127506. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
