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LOT 1645
Very Large French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (180 grams, 11.3 cm).
Triangular in profile with remains of cortex to the broad base; made by Neanderthal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
Acquired on the European art market.
From a private collection.
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LOT 1645
Very Large French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Stone Age Clactonian Flint Cleaver
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan with a rounded cutting edge, possibly natural, two old collection notes 'S.N.C. 1.82 WGS' and '3977/1/28'. 355 grams, 11.7 cm
Previously in several old collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-22,000 years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint. 38 grams, 94 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
