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LOT 1532
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/8 in. (238 grams, 11 cm).
With round-section shank and narrow butt, broad curved cutting 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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Stone Age Tenerean Knife and Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly triangular in plan with broad square butt. 30 grams total, 31-54 mm
Found in the Sahara between Niger, Algeria and Mali. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Roughly-formed axehead with a curved and partially polished cutting edge. 392 grams, 14.3 cm
From the estate of late Aberdeenshire collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
French Stone Age Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lentoid in section and tongue-shaped in plan with mottled surface. 150 grams, 11.1 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.
