Loading, please wait...
LOT 0271
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 1/4 in. (290 grams total, 16 cm including stand.).
Of triangular form with slightly flattened tip and rounded butt; with printed and inked 'MADIJEN / EI:190M / THEBES / 1905' find spot label; with custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thebes, 1905.
British private collection.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Stone Age Danish Type 1a Brown Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 2150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
To the obverse an inked inscription in black: 'DENMARK / DD. 37. HF' and to verso a label: 'DENMARK / DEN.125' and another with collection number: '65-19'; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 80 grams total, 18.3 cm high including stand
Ex F.S. Clarke collection. Acquired from a UK gallery. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Oldowan Pebble Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 2.6-1.7 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Basalt or similar natural stone pebble with crudely knapped cutting or chopping edge; with inked KADA / Gona / Athiopien' findspot note and numbered '55'; with custom-made display stand. 340 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand
Found near Kada Gona, Ethiopia in the 1960s. Subsequently Stark collection, Germany. Later with the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum, Dingle, Country Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
The Oldowan implements, mostly comprising roughly knapped or chipped stone pebbles that provide crude cutting edges, are some of the most ancient artefacts made by the earliest recognised hominids, typified by the discoveries at Oldovan Gorge in Africa, found there by the Leakey family. -
Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirty knives and some other implements. 195 grams total, 39-82 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
