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LOT 0275
Very Large Danish Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
EARLY TO LATE DOLMEN PERIOD, CIRCA 3700-3300 B.C.
8 5/8 in. (9 1/8 in.) (739 grams, 22 cm (848 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)).
Thin-butted and of Nielsen Type III with straight sides and regularly rounded ends; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePreviously in the ownership of a Danish gentleman.
Acquired at Braun Rasmussen Auction House (part of Bonhams) in the 2020s.
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Large Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Triangular in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge and pointed butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. 527 grams, 18.5 cm (602 grams total, 23.2 cm including stand)
Found Ventoupe, France. From the private collection of a late French gentleman collector. -
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Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Tongue-shaped in plan and lentoid in section with rounded tip. 99.6 grams, 13.6 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. -
Vinca Terracotta Standing Idol
5th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With pinched facial features, stub arms and conjoined legs; vertical linear detailing for the robe, vertical lines to the back for hair. 79 grams, 11 cm
Fine condition.
From the Wedemeyer collection; acquired in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
