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LOT 1612
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (118 grams, 11.2 cm).
Scaphoid in plane and lentoid in section with thickening towards the butt, made from flint with a deep colourful patina. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection purchased on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Extremely large example of a chopping tool, likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.54 kg, 21.1 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. -
Egyptian Stone Age Triangular Knife
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With thick rear edge and carefully knapped angled cutting edges. 28.9 grams, 96 mm
From a Derbyshire auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £350 - 550 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589.
