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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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Biconvex in section with broad rounded cutting edge, pitted and polished surface. 120 grams, 10.3 cm
From the collection of Richard Widdowson. Richard owned an Antiquity shop in Scarborough and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection. Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from the collector Mr David R in the UK. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection in the 2020s. -
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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. -
British Stone Age Polished Axe Head from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Lentoid in section with a rounded cutting edge; inked findspot 'Near Fulbrook 19[..]'. 208 grams, 78 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.
