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LOT 1470
Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (543 grams, 17 cm).
Finely polished, lentoid in section with broad cutting edge; some chipping to edge, butt absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.1, for type.
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Stone Age Flint Scraper
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Cordate in plan with cortex to upper face. 69 grams, 67 mm
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Stone Age Standing Pregnant Mother Goddess Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Modelled in the round as a figure with rudimentary head and limbs, emphasised belly and breasts supported on bent arms; mounted on a custom-made stand. 550 grams total, 15 cm including stand
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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12333-224213.
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Stone Age Buigny Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Large plano-convex tool with cortex to upper face and smaller tool with rounded edge; each with inked find spot 'Buigny'. 148 grams total, 54-79 mm
Found Buigny, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
