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LOT 1436
Stone Age 'Plazac' Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, 200,000-30,000 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (187 grams, 10.9 cm).
Biconvex in section with narrow point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Plazac, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987,
item 1.23, for type.
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Stone Age Knapped Axehead Group
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 10,000-4000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: teardrop-shaped burin with polished faces; triangular-section blade with rounded ends. 287 grams total, 10.2-12.7 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Stone Age 'Dorset' Knapped Flint Adze
Neolithic Period, 3500-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Triangular in section with square butt and edge, much cortex remaining. 211 grams, 11.8 cm
Found whilst field walking in Dorset, UK. Acquired on the British art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age 'French' Knapped Grey Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rectangular with broad butt and rounded edge, old handwritten collector's label. 499 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1940s-1960s from older collections, thence by descent. From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France. Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
