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LOT 1537
Stone Age Ryedale Flint Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (4.59 grams total, 25-38 mm).
Comprising two knapped arrowheads, both with some retouching. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Huttons Ambro, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, before 13 November 1999.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by two record sheets by Jim Halliday dated 8 February 2000.
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 Pregnant Animal Idol
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £845
Carved in the round with sturdy body, swollen belly and ovoid-section head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.66 kg total, 15.5 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.12337-224209. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organisation of the earliest human society. The people of the Stone Age may have considered figures such as this to represent women and mothers with their life-giving powers, or as depictions of the ancestors. -
British Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, 6000-4500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Scaphoid in plan and lentoid in section with inked collector's number '2.00'. 110 grams, 87 x 59 x 33 mm
Found Kent, UK. Ex P. Watson collection, UK, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 79 grams total, 22-36 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
