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LOT 1586
Stone Age Jasper Side Scraper from the Famed 'Fontmaure' Mousterian Site
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (89 grams, 92 mm).
Trapezoidal in plan with vivid purple, opaque cream and carrot-yellow colours. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1586
Stone Age Jasper Side Scraper from the Famed 'Fontmaure' Mousterian Site
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Stone Age Flint Tools and Reproduction North American Spearhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th millennium B.C.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mixed group comprising several flint scrapers, a large reproduction lanceolate lentoid-section spearhead with lateral barbs to the tang, and other reproductions. 626 grams total, 3.4-25.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Stone Age Terracotta Mother Goddess Idol
Perhaps Thessaly, 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round with steatopygous profile. 46 grams, 60 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mainly D-shaped axeheads with a straight cutting edge. 165 grams total, 25-44 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
