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LOT 1479
Stone Age Knapped Axehead Group
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 10,000-4000 B.P.
4 - 5 in. (287 grams total, 10.2-12.7 cm).
Comprising: teardrop-shaped burin with polished faces; triangular-section blade with rounded ends. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex in place; old inked '3' beneath a natural cavity with cortex. 278 grams, 12 cm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. -
Stone Age 'Papua' Axe Head
Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 years B.P. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Substantial and rectangular in section with tapering butt, polished asymmetrical blade. 769 grams, 17 cm
From a 19th-early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Mainly flat in section with rounded butts. 129 grams total, 24-38 mm
Found North Africa. UK gallery, early 2000s.
