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LOT 1941
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (257 grams, 12 cm).
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. [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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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge. 724 grams, 14.1 cm
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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French Stone Age Magdalenian Bone Awl
Magdalenian Period, circa 21,000-13,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Well-preserved bone awl from ‘’Abris Val De Seine’’. 9.05 grams, 94.4 mm
From an auction with Art Remy Le Fur. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. Accompanied by a copy of French export licence no.257541.
The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic. It dates from around 21,000 to 13,000 years BP. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley of Tursac in Dordogne, France.
