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LOT 1507
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 1/2 in. (288 grams, 11.5 cm).
With narrow rounded butt and broad cutting edge, polished with wear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Subtriangular in profile and lentoid in section with a rounded butt. 333 grams, 10.8 cm
From South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Crested Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curved tip, square butt. 86.3 grams, 15 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
French Stone Age Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Biconvex in section with broad butt, rounded tip. 234 grams, 12.4 cm
Found Bois du Vernay, Rigny-sur-Arroux, France. From a collection built in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
