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LOT 1558
Stone Age Tenerian Knapped Green Jasper Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
3 in. (3 3/4 in.) (52 grams, 75 mm (76 grams total, 95 mm including stand)).
Irregular discoid scraper with long cutting edge; supplied with a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Air Mountains, Mauritania, Northern Sahara, North Africa.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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Stone Age Boat-Shaped Pierced Axehead and 'Orkney' Macehead
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Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; the macehead with old inked inscription: '84.277 / ORKNEY'. 3.65 kg total, 12.3-19.5 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. -
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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Flaked Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Biconvex in section with narrow point and cortex to one face bearing old collector's inked legend 'SALISBURY'. 69 grams, 94 mm
Found fieldwalking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, by Mr P.M. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Pick
Mesolithic Period, circa 12th-7th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Narrow flaked pick with narrow tapering point and square-section body; with an old handwritten label to one face: 'LAND BOUW / 366 ) WERTUIG' / 'PIC'5 NST'. 248 grams, 15cm
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.
