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LOT 1682
Stone Age Prehistoric Skull Replica
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.54 kg, 20.2 cm).
With rounded brain-pan, articulating mandible; perhaps Homo habilis, an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. [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.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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 Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Idol Group
2nd-1st millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: columnar type with one indented finial; cobble with reserved edges, centre removed to replicate an axehead; repaired. 406 grams total, 9.2-10.7 cm
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. 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' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. 480 grams, 12.8 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.
