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LOT 1452
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 - 2 3/4 in. (355 grams total, 40-69 mm).
Including one D-shaped with angled cutting edge, one with acute facets forming the edge, 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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Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: one triangular in section with broad butt and narrow edge; one biconvex in section with broad curved edge. 290 grams total, 12-13.5 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 'Lalinde' Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
Mousterian Period, 200,000-30,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Ovate in plan with rod rounded egd; old collector's label 'Auchelien / Lalinde en Dordogne' (for 'acheuléen'). 163 grams, 10.5 cm
Found Lalinde, Dorogne, 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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Stone Age 'Le Monchel' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Mesolithic Period, 12,000-9,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With rounded butt and blade, parallel sides, marked 'Le Monchel'. 223 grams, 12.9 cm
Found Le Monchel, France. From an old French collection formed in the 1930s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
