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LOT 1622
Stone Age Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000- 60,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (30.9 grams, 67 mm).
A knapped bifacial knife, triangular point, traces of brown patina. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
Acquired on the European 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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Stone Age Neanderthal Mousterian Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Slightly curved triangular point with plano-convex profile, cream and orange patina. 89 grams, 84 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region, France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European 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. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Chert Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lentoid in section and piriform in plan with broad cutting edge; inked 'Morocco-Algeria Border'. 234 grams, 96 mm
From the Morocco-Algeria border, North Africa. Ex UK collection. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age 'French' Burnisher, Arrowhead and Polisher
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: discoid polishing pebble with label '203'; small triangular arrowhead; flat V-shaped pebble with inked labels '1N1-11' and '541'. 247 grams total, 53-69 mm
Found various sites in France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
