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LOT 1576
Stone Age Tool and Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 2 3/8 in. (127 grams total, 16-60 mm).
Including miniature pointed tools, discoid scrapers and other tools, mounted on stands. [21, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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 'Buigny' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Round-butted axehead with cortex to edge and both faces; marked 'BUIGNY'. 197 grams, 12 cm
Found Buigny, Northern France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Decorated Pierced Stone Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Triangular in plan with curved edge, gusset to the reverse face. 179 grams, 81 mm
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. -
Stone Age Cave Drawing of a Giraffe
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile; mounted on a custom made display stand. 3.98 kg total, 35.7 cm high including stand
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.