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LOT 1259
Stone Age Tenerian Culture Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 7500-5300 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (285 grams, 11.1 cm).
Pecked and ground with a curved cutting edge and a narrow rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tenera Region, South Central Sahara.
From a private French collection formed in the 1960s-1970s.
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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirty knives and some other implements. 195 grams total, 39-82 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
Stone Age French Ficron Handaxe in Pink Quartzite
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Knapped, with a bulbous head and slender tapering butt. 307 grams, 13.6 cm
From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Large Stone Age Belgian Flint Implement Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising: large blade cores (4); long blade flakes (3) and a finely knapped slender axe with convex cutting edge tapering to a near pointed butt; most with inked 'Spiennes' findspot note and with eleven inked and typed paper tickets giving details, some dated to 1950s. 3.5 kg total, 14 - 23 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium French private collection. French export certificate no.231265 issued on 05/01/2022, EU licence 2022DMF0651.
The blade cores and blades are very similar in form and size to the famous 'livres de beurre' examples found at Grand Pressigny, France.
