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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (70 grams total, 24-50 mm).
Mainly of triangular profile with small tang. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
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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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12087-217184.
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Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge; old inked inscription 'CAPLY' to centre. 190 grams, 93 mm
Found Caply, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With polished brown-black surface, eccentric curved cutting edge, tapering rounded butt; remains of an old label to verso. 771 grams, 17 cm
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.
