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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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LOT 1548
Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Stone Age Colombiers Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Cleaver
Palaeolithic Period, circa 130,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Plano-convex in section and roughly discoid in plan with some cortex remaining. 569 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Colombiers, Occitanie region, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P65; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Contorted Stone Face
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Natural stone block with lightly dressed surface, the narrow edge minimally worked to represent a human face. 7 kg, 26 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 Large Group of Flint Knives and Tools
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Scrapers, points and other tools from multiple sites in France, mostly with inked legend indicating findspot: 'Blangy', 'Les Plantins', 'Wanel', 'Le Monchel' and others. 203 grams total, 52-90 mm
Found Les Plantins, Blangy, Wanel, and Le Monchel, Northern France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
