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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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Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to the reverse. 676 grams, 14.9 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
Stone Age Polished Black Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rectangular in plan with eccentric chisel edge, square butt. 418 grams, 12.3 cm
From a collection purchased on the UK art market in the 2020s. -
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Neanderthal Stone Age Triangular Knapped Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Triangular in plan with nodule void to one face; inked findspot label "16 St Front". 526 grams, 14.4 cm
Found St Front, Haute-Loire Region, France. From the collection of amateur archaeologist M. Allais, formed during the mid-1900s. From a private East Anglian collection, having been acquired on the European art market.
