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LOT 1548
Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (123 grams, 87 mm).
Cordate in plan, finely made with intricate retouching. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Barraux, France.
From the collection of a Belgian collector.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With regular profile, lentoid in section, thick rounded butt and broad point; cortex to one face. 529 grams, 15.1 cm
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. -
Stone Age Polished Black Stone Axehead
Circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lentoid in section with squared butt and slightly curved cutting edge. 12.3 grams, 85 mm
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Stone Age Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: triangular handaxe with square butt; bifacial knife with square butt; small scraper; cordate scraper with spike, marked 'BBM2/25.9.84'. 396 grams total, 5-16 cm
Grey implement: ex old Nordic collection. Old French collection. Private collection, London.
