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LOT 1566
Stone Age Tenerian Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
6 in. (560 grams, 15.2 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded butt and 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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French Stone Age 'Neanderthal' Handaxe with Fossil Echinoid
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Triangular in profile and biconvex in section with some cortex and embedded fossil to one face; mounted on a custom-made stand. 458 grams, 12.1 cm (516 grams total, 16 cm including stand)
Found Dordogne, France. From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
An extremely rare artefact due to the fossil Echinoid being retained on the front of the handaxe and utilised during its creation. Dual silky patina from being sat within nutrient-rich soil, which contrasts against the remaining golden orange cortex. Attributed to Neanderthal - Mousterian in the form of the Acheulean (MTA). -
French Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Cordate in profile with deep orange, yellow and purple glossy patina; mounted on a custom-made stand. 239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)
From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Borer and Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Including ovate, plano-convex and other types. 130 grams total, 38-71 mm
Found Cuffley, Hertfordshire and North Creake, Norfolk, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
