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LOT 1543
Stone Age St. Meme Grey Flint Unifacial Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (269 grams, 13.3 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Meme les Carrieres, France.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1543
Stone Age St. Meme Grey Flint Unifacial Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Large Stone Age Polished Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Ovoid in section with rounded butt and curved cutting edge. 1.1 kg, 22.5 cm
Old French collection. Private collection, London. -
Stone Age Seated Mother Goddess Idol Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Group of three carved and polished figurines with rounded heads and broad shoulders, folded arms resting on each side, legs folded beneath the body; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.27 kg total, 8.7-11.5 cm including stand
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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12351-223248.
Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organisation of the earliest human society. The people of the Stone Age may have considered figures such as this to represent women and mothers with their life-giving powers, or as depictions of the ancestors. -
Stone Age Long Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Knapped from high quality flint; with old inked collector's label 'Thetford / Women / Sep.1864'. 21 grams, 99 mm
Found Thetford, Norfolk, England, in 1864. From the collection of G.Asquith, a local Norfolk amateur archaeologist. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Remarkably, the blade is still very sharp and appears to have been made to be hafted and used as a knife.
