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LOT 1242
Stone Age Implement Group
NEOLITHIC, CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 3 1/8 in. (542 grams total, 36-80 mm).
Composed of scrapers, blades and other implements. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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Stone Age French Ficron Handaxe in Pink Quartzite
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Chert Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Broad and bifacially knapped, on a large flake with convex point and rounded butt, showing some cortex; with custom-made display stand. 765 grams total, 19 cm including stand
Old German collection, before 1920. -
Stone Age French Grey Flint Polished Axe
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Roughly oval in plan, tapering towards the butt. 211 grams, 11.1 cm
Ex M.B. Abrams. The property of Richard Britton. From a U.S.A. private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
