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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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Stone Age Pierced Stone Boat-Shaped Battle Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With slightly convex cutting edge, square butt; steeply angled edge to one face, gentle curve to the underside. 517 grams, 12.2 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. -
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Highly polished with slightly convex cutting edge, body tapering to a narrow square butt. 416 grams, 12.5 cm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. -
Stone Age 'Spiennes' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rectangular in plan with thin butt, made from a blade core. 343 grams, 10.5 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
