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LOT 1654
Stone Age Levallois Flint Core
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC, MOUSTERIAN, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 3/8 in. (76 grams, 61 mm).
Plano-convex in form with cortex to the upper face; underside marked 'Dor[..]one'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dordogne, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, Specialist Collector.
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Large Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Substantial and well-made handaxe with thick butt and rounded cutting edge; marked 'St Même FR'; likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 719 grams, 17.5 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. -
British Stone Age Flint Axehead
Mesolithic Period, circa 12th-8th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Biconvex in section with rounded butt and long cutting edges. 155 grams, 12.8 cm
Found Funtington, West Sussex, UK. From a Derbyshire auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
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Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 64 grams total, 20-31 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
