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LOT 0334
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
9 3/4 in. (1.2 kg, 24.9 cm).
Piriform in plan with broad, rounded butt; old inked findspot 'Nr Guezzam'; [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Guezzam, Sahara.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
Made from a material with quartzite inclusions.
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LOT 0334
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper from Tilford
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Ovate in plan with inked findspot 'Tilford' to underside. 43.3 grams, 50.4 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 550,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Thin cordate form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with an old collector's note 'Achulean Handaxes of the Lower Palaeolithic Period. Age 250,000-100,000 BC. Flint: occurs in chalk 80,000,000.' 94 grams, 87 mm
Found Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection in the 2020s. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Piriform in profile with many inclusions; old faded collector's label. 495 grams, 14.4 cm
From Goezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from a material with quartzite inclusions.