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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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French Stone Age Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
Late Middle Palaeolithic, circa 160,000-40,000 В.Р.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Cordate handaxe made on a large struck flake, dorsal face completely flaked and the ventral surface with several large removals opposite the striking platform to form a grip; the rest of the surface left smooth as struck; slight 'S' twist visible in profile. 287 grams, 12.2 cm
From a collection formed between 1919-1940 by Mr Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) and subsequently purchased on the French art market. -
Italian Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Cordate in profile with some cortex to the rounded butt; old collector's label 'Monte Grande / Ost van lago di Var[...] / an der Küste d[...] / Lago di Verano [...] / Gargonico'. 568 grams, 13.4 cm.
From Monte Grande. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from flint with a mottled grey and yellow patina. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With lateral barbs and crescent cutting edge. 1.61 grams, 25.6 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
