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LOT 0286
Very Large Stone Age 'Abbevilleien' Caramel and Burnt-Orange Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 600,000-400,000 YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (1.12 kg, 20 cm).
Substantial flint pointed tool with much cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by the Somme River at Abbeville, France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Abbervillien in style - a phase of the Olduwan that occured in Europe dated to 600,000 to 400,000 years ago.
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LOT 0286
Very Large Stone Age 'Abbevilleien' Caramel and Burnt-Orange Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Mainly of triangular profile with small tang. 70 grams total, 24-50 mm
Found North Africa. UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age 'Danish' Knapped Flint Thick-Butted Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, 3000-2500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Two trapezoidal in plan and one irregular with square-section butt. 573 grams total, 10.3-12.5 cm
Acquired on the British art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Very Large Stone Age 'Charente' Knapped Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape and with unusual colouration. 1.19 kg, 22.5 cm
Found Charente, Dordogne Region, France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
