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LOT 1599
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (63 grams total, 17-63 mm).
Including tanged and lanceolate arrowheads, scrapers and other types. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the African Sahara region.
Acquired from a Scottish auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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Stone Age Neolithic Flaked Chalcedony Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Finely worked blade with inked collector's note to one side. 130 grams, 10.6 cm
Found Oigny En Valois, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Stone Age Acheulean Ficron Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Well made with a ficron shape, the tip snapped in a clean break (this has been professionally glued back into place); likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked to butt 'ST Même FR'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 418 grams, 13.4 cm without stand
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection. -
Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Well made with a thin sharp profile, likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked at the butt 'Bif Cordiforme Allonge St. Même Audoin Charente'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 235 grams, 13 cm without stand
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection.
