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LOT 1690
Stone Age Polished Grained Dolerite Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2300 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (332 grams, 10.6 cm).
A complete ground or polished stone axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a steep curve to the cutting edge, facetted ovate section with squared off sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-3B9FD3.
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 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With rounded butt and broad cutting edge. 371 grams, 11 cm
Found Northern Sahara. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Danish Flint Tool and Fragmentary Axe Head Group
Neolithic Period, 3500-2200 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
The largest piece a superbly flaked axehead worked from a grey chert (known as Danien flint); various scrapers and blades. 1.48 kg total, 6.7-19 cm
From a British private collection, collected during the 1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age 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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Large Stone Age Knapped Axe Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £990
Worked on all sides into an almost symmetrical shape; lanceolate cross-section; beige flint (silex) with cream-coloured spots and dots; waxy surface sheen. 1.29 kg, 34.5 cm
Findspot 'Reuilly sur C.1927', France. Ex M.M., Paris. French art market, 2019. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12473-228700. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
