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LOT 1656
Very Large Stone Age Fontmaure Knapped Jasper Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 7/8 in. (244 grams, 73 mm).
Cordate in profile with deep orange-tan glossy patina; old inked legend on label 'Biface Acheulian T'; made by Neanderthal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the well-regarded site of Fontmaure, Vienne department, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From a private collection.
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French Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Leaf-shaped with thickened butt. 21.5 grams, 59 mm
From the area of Gran Pressigny, Indre-et-Loire, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 90 grams total, 23-38 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
British Stone Age Knapped and Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With a gently curving blade and square butt, old inked collector's note ' Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk' on one side. 78 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
