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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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With slightly convex cutting edge, square butt; steeply angled edge to one face, gentle curve to the underside. 517 grams, 12.2 cm
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Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Triangular in plan with some cortex; marked 'Le Monchel'. 163 grams, 11.1 cm
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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