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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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Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Period, circa 6000-4000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'. 222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame
Found Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A. From an old collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist 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 English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.PEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Sussex deep patina, well made with a tapered form and tranchet removal to the tip. 499 grams, 16 cm
Found Sussex, UK. From the collection of an English collector. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Large French Stone Age Flint Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Very substantial in size with cortex to the rear and inked legend 'Biface Coa[...]forme' / St Meme / Charente (FR)'. 760 grams, 15 cm
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
