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LOT 1763
Stone Age Levallois French Flint Point Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (68 grams total, 43-63 mm).
Each triangular in plan with facets; one with findspot label 'Cuiry Sur Housse'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Romigny, France.
Ex Paris collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The points were prepared by the Levallois technique whereby a striking platform is formed at one end of the core and the edges are trimmed by flaking to create a domed 'outline' which is then struck off complete.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall and a list where this piece is included. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 100 grams total, 24-48 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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. -
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Deltoid, leaf-shaped and barbed types each in a collector's archive box with label. 45 grams total, 28-46 mm
Found Tillemsi, Mali, West Africa. Acquired Oxford show, UK, July 2010. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N159a-c; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
