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LOT 1465
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (394 grams total, 48-55 mm).
Comprising two small polished D-shaped axeheads and one with a square butt; sub-spherical hammerstone. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
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.
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LOT 1465
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Polished cordate form with narrow butt; green stone from Cumbria. 312 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market between 1994-2004. From the collection of a Stirlingshire, UK, gentleman. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Adze
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Triangular in section with parallel sides, broad butt and edge; marked 'Troussencourt'. 248 grams, 12.5 cm
Found Troussencourt, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
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Superb Stone Age French Cream Flint Amygdaloid Handaxe
Mousterian Period, circa 300,00-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'PLAZAC / DORDOGNE'. 233 grams, 11 cm
Found Plazac, Dordogne, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
