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LOT 1610
Stone Age Tenerian Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (243 grams, 13.2 cm).
Lentoid in section and tongue-shaped with squared-off cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sahara, North Africa.
Acquired from a US-based collector.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Well made with a thin sharp profile, likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked at the butt 'Bif Cordiforme Allonge St. Même Audoin Charente'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 235 grams, 13 cm without stand
From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection. -
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face. 656 grams, 14.8 cm
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
British Stone Age Flint Axehead
Mesolithic Period, circa 12th-8th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Biconvex in section with rounded butt and long cutting edges. 155 grams, 12.8 cm
Found Funtington, West Sussex, UK. From a Derbyshire auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
