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LOT 1568
Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
6 1/4 in. (486 grams, 16 cm).
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section, tapering towards the square butt; broad crescentic blade.
ProvenanceFound Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
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LOT 1568
Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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French Stone Age 'Neanderthal' Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Cordiform in profile and very well made from a colourful dense sandstone/quartzite material; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 274 grams, 12.6 cm (313 grams total, 14.5 cm including stand)
Found Ermonville, Oise, France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. -
Stone Age Votive Pottery Offering Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6500-6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a waisted bowl, bird-head and pierced column. 157 grams total, 42-50 mm
Acquired prior to 1920. From an old Dutch collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
Mousterian-Neolithic Period, 80,000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. 64 grams total, 49-65 mm
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
