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LOT 1478
Stone Age Long Gravettian Flint Point
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-20,000 B.P.
4 in. (78 grams, 10.3 cm).
With fine retouching; a very well made example of this rare type; with inked findspot legend 'La Vergne / Carlux / 24 / JAV' and old collector's label '[...] Carlux / Dordogne'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound La Vergne, Carlux, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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Stone Age British Polished Axehead from Non-Indigenous Rock
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ellipsoid in section with gently curved cutting edge; butt chipped, pecked surface. 286 grams, 12.5 cm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. Acquired from the collection of B.R. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N186; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Large Stone Age Standing Goddess Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Tall with rounded profile, stub arms and head without facial detailing, vestigial legs; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.04 kg total, 23 cm high including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12352-223252.
Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organisation of the earliest human society. The people of the Stone Age may have considered figures such as this to represent women and mothers with their life-giving powers, or as depictions of the ancestors. -
Stone Age Hedencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Plano-convex and lentoid-section with some cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Hedencourt'. 306 grams total, 76-89 mm
Found Hedencourt, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
