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LOT 1630
Stone Age Long Gravettian Crested Blade
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 35,000-25,000 B.P.
5 in. (71 grams, 12.9 cm).
A large knife blade with fine re-touch around the tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sougy, Loiret, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of J.R Vircoulon.
Acquired on the UK 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.
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Comprising of nine pressure flaked partial arrowheads. 24.8 grams total, 15-41 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Levallois Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Gently curved in profile with smooth underside and facetted upper face. 35.5 grams, 91 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Barbed and tanged type with square ends to the barbs. 2.02 grams, 38 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
