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LOT 1470
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 - 3 7/8 in. (461 grams total, 69-98 mm).
Including one with angled cutting edge, one with gouged blade, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, UK.
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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Large Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With partly rounded butt and convex convergent sides, straight vertical cutting edge and central mounting socket. 1.8 kg, 23 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. -
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With rounded butt, cortex largely present; marked 'Troussencourt'. 127 grams, 95 mm
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. -
Stone Age Flint Microlith Group
Neolithic Period, circa 7th-3th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a microlith scraper, arrowhead and others. 27.2 grams total, 14-40 mm
Found early 20th century by the vendor's grandfather at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note.
