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LOT 1997
Superb Large Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Lanceolate Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
MIDDLE-LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
8 1/2 in. (1.05 kg, 21.5 cm).
Piriform in plan with desert patina. rounded tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Ubari, Libya, with an inked find spot.
From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1997
Superb Large Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Lanceolate Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Very Large French Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Knapped as an irregular rectangle with a large area of cortex to one face, chamfered cutting edge; inked 'NC' legend. 1.15 kg, 19.6 cm
From the Dordogne area of France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Scandinavian Type VIB Knapped Flint Dagger
Early Bronze Age, circa 1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade; repaired. 58.4 grams, 16.2 cm
From as European collection formed after 1968. From the private collection of a North Somerset, UK, gentleman collector. -
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Stone Age Mousterian Hand Axe
Palaeolithic Period, 300,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Piriform type with cortex to lower body, inked findspot 'Kervouter (29)'. 129 grams, 76 mm
Discovered in Kervouster, Guengat, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export permit no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025.
