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LOT 2894
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (111 grams total, 19-42 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 2894
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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El Golea Algeria Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With round-section shank flaring to a broad cutting edge, rounded butt. 160 grams, 91 mm
Found El Golea, Algeria. Ex old German collection of Dr J. Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s. -
Swanscombe Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £45
Piriform in plan with thick bulb at the base; old findspot label 'Kent / Swanscombe'. 122 grams, 80 mm
Found Swanscombe, Kent, UK. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The name of the site is associated with 'Swanscombe Man', the remains of a late Homo erectus or an early Homo sapiens individual. Recent investigation suggests that the remains are those of a 400,000-year-old early Neanderthal woman. -
La Croze French Stone Age Blade End Scraper
Palaeolithic Period, Gravettian, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and triangular in section, with an old label reading 'La Croze de Tayac'. 8.23 grams, 68 mm
Found Le Groze, Du Tay, 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.
