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Neolithic, Majiayao Culture, 3300-2000 BC. A ceramic jar with flaring rim and short neck, globular body with painted decoration of two bands, one with diamond patterns, the other with triangles; small lug handles to the sides. 3.57 kg, 33cm (13"). From the Cheuk family collection. Fine condition.

Neolithic, Majiayao Culture, 3300-2000 BC. A ceramic jar with flaring rim and short neck, globular body with painted decoration of net pattern to the neck, roundels to the body with net and dot pattern separated into zones by vertical lines with triangular patterns below; small lug handles to the sides. 1.80 kg, 26cm (10"). From the Cheuk family collection. The Majiayao culture was a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu, eastern Qinghai and northern Sichuan, China. The Majiayao culture represents the first time that the Upper Yellow River region was widely occupied by agricultural communities and it is famous for its painted pottery, which is regarded as a peak of pottery manufacturing at that time. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed pair of Volosovo culture artefacts comprising: a D-shaped flat-section pendant; a narrow flat-section plaque with waisted finial, chamfer to short edge. (1 1/2 - 5"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. Fine condition, usage wear. [2, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A group of seven polished stone axeheads, carved from flint and fine-grained igneous rocks. 746 grams total, 48 mm- 12 cm (2- 4 3/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired before 1989. Fine condition. [7, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint with curved back and ribbed cutting edge. 72 grams, 61mm (2 1/2"). Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. Very fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with triangular face, arms extended, incised detail to neck, face and legs. 78 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015 for discussion. Fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed pair of polished flint axeheads comprising: one flat in section with tapering sides, rounded butt and slightly curved edge; one similar but smaller with square butt. 200 grams total, 8-12.8cm (3 - 5"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Fine condition. [2, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large axe of slightly asymmetric form, of lentoid section tapering from the rounded butt, showing signs of use in firelighting, to a convex polished cutting edge with the sides polish blunted; in a pale grey flint. 535 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a gentleman; found Southwold, Suffolk, UK, 1980. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 43 for a similar piece, also from Suffolk.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: two knapped flint sickles, snapped at butt, with wear polish to cutting edges; one with serrated edge; with a fragment of a third; six leaf and triangular flint arrowheads; a slender triangular flint spearhead, sides notched for attachment; four flint blades and awls; a small polished stone round-butted axehead with convex cutting edge. 165 grams total, 2-10cm (3/4 - 4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition. [16, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A group of Volosovo culture stone arrowheads, each lentoid in section and leaf-shaped, fine workmanship. (1 1/2 - 2 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. Very fine condition. [5, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A group of knapped bifacial flint tools comprising: a curved sickle with serrated cutting edge, showing some wear polish; a leaf-shaped small javelin head with square butt; a leaf-shaped knife/spearhead with both tips absent. 162 grams total, 8.5-13cm (3 1/2 - 5"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Fine condition. [3, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground and polished stone handaxe with narrow square butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 367 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped handaxe with broad curved cutting edge and squared butt. 261 grams, 13cm (5"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Very fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, Dawenkou Culture, 2800-2400 BC. A ceramic Gui tripod vessel with upward pointing spout with flared rim and tapering neck; globular body with three short legs; central ridge running around body and attached to arching handle to the rear. 1.03 kg, 30cm (12"). From the Cheuk family collection. For a similar example see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 1993.198.2 The Dawenkou culture was a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in Shandong, but also appeared in Anhui, Henan and Jiangsu, China. The culture existed from 4100 to 2600 BC, co-existing with the Yangshao culture. Turquoise, jade and ivory artefacts are commonly found at Dawenkou sites. These tripod vessels, known as Gui, seem to have been used for ritual purposes for holding wine. Fine condition.

8th-12th century AD. A silver Elfshot amulet with filigree cap decorated with rows of triangles securing a Neolithic flint arrowhead; suspension ring above. 3.89 grams, 36mm (1 3/4"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. See Meaney Audrey L. Anglo Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, British Archaeological Reports, British Series 96, 1981, p.210-212; Merrifield R. The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Batsford, 1987, p.16. Across Europe it was a commonly held belief in folklore that flint arrowheads were ascribed to the elves and fairies. It was believed that the fairies made the arrowheads and shot them at humans and livestock causing inexplicable diseases and illness. Finding a flint arrowhead was believed to be a sure means to recovery and they were often worn around the neck as an amulet to protect the owner from further attack. Other cures involved soaking the arrowhead in water and giving the patient the water to drink. They were also hung over stables and barns to protect the animals inside. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with prominent nose, arms extended, incised detail to neck, face and body. 86 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015 for discussion. Fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground and polished stone handaxe with square butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 275 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large bifacially knapped sickle with curved back, squared butt and straight cutting edge; the edge serrated, showing substantial wear polish; in a transluscent brown flint. 100 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. Fine condition. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of twenty modelled pottery beads of rounded and disc form. 230 grams total, 13-41mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition. [20, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A group of various stone implement items, one hand axe, one bone pendant. 173 grams total, 31-145mm (1 1/4 - 5 3/4"). From an old German collection; acquired before 1990. Fine condition. [10, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group of pendants comprising: a flat-section bone plaque; an incisor tooth pierced at the upper end; a tooth with linear incision at the upper end. (1 1/2 - 2 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. See Danefæ Skatte Fra Den Danske Muld, Nationalmuseet, 2010, p.30, fig.10 for similar examples of tooth pendants from Denmark. Fair condition. [3, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A substantial ground diorite axehead, rectangular in section with expanding edge, drilled to accept a haft. 2.7 kg, 28cm (11"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Glob, P.V. Danske Oldsager: Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, item 546. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group of bone chisels, each a square-section shaft and edge chamfered to both faces. (2 - 2 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. Fine condition, usage wear. [3, No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A carved bone wedge with slightly curved edge, lentoid-section tapering body, ridge to the butt. (3 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. Fine condition, usage wear. [No Reserve]

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group of bone tools comprising: a lozengiform arrowhead; a square-section arrowhead or spear tip with tang; a harpoon tip with two barbs. (2 - 4 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1950s. Fine condition. [3, No Reserve]

A Chinese Neolithic terracotta jar or flask, third millenium BC, the flattened circular body with two strap handle loops to the equator and broad ogee neck, the upper half painted in black and red with scrolling roundels and hatched lozenges, 13.5cm high and another similar buff terracotta jar and cover painted in brown with hatched lozenges and various borders, 10cm diameter (2)

A collection of Maurafanian Neolithic arrow heads spear points and clefs and a large polished trench axe head (blade re-polished)

Group of six Neolithic painted pottery vessels including Banshan and Machang Majiayao wares, three twin handled pots with red and black painted geometric designs, jar of oval form with strap handle and pouring spout, 15.6cm, a twin handled vase with stippled and incised geometric decoration, 21.5cm and a small strap handled pot with linear decoration, 8.5cm (6)

Six Cypriot Neolithic axe heads and a collection of Cypriot quern-stone fragments and pestles

A Neolithic-style painted pottery jar: with globular body and flared neck with two loop handles, painted in black and red-brown with diaper bands, 20 cm high [some restoration].

A Neolithic-style painted pottery two-handled vase: decorated in black and iron red with a hatched geometric design, 40 cm high.

Two stone axe heads, probably Neolithic period of Langdale origin, also a fossilised tooth, and two nuts. The largest axe head measures 12cm long Provenance: Given to the current vendor by the Sneyd family of Leek area, the axe heads are thought to have been excavated from the grounds of Botham Hall now Ashcombe Park House near Leek Staffordshire.

A LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC PERIOD JADE BI DISC, the stone predominantly black in tone, 8.3in diameter.

Neolithic bifacial handaxe c4000 BC, approx 15 x 7 x 3.5cm 419gm (from an old Bristol collection pre 1960's)

A Neolithic style pottery water carrier, probably of the period, W. 38cm.

Arte Cinese . A massive Neolithic jade blade China, Neolithic period. Cm 37,00 x 8,00.

A collection of Neolithic gravers, awls, scrapers, points and burins

Two Chinese Neolithic grey pottery two handled vases, 16cm (6.5 in) and 18.5cm (7.25 in) high (2) The larger has a chip from the rim filled and restored

A LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC PERIOD JADE BI DISC, the stone predominantly black in tone, 8.3in diameter.

Neolithic, 3rd millennium BC or later. A fully polished bifacial and symmetric axe with sharply pointed butt and convex cutting edge; the sides deeply grooved from butt towards the edge, for about two thirds of the length; with oval perforation to receive a haft; in fossil wood of an extinct species of palm. 890 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). From an old British private collection; formed between 1975 and 1985. The orientation of the hafting hole is in the wrong axis for a working implement; with the carefully selected material giving an effective artistic appearance, it is felt that this piece is ceremonial in nature. Very fine condition; with old patina. Rare.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped handaxe in patterned flint with rounded butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 493 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC. A finely polished axe with oval section, tapered sides, rounded butt and convex cutting edge; the butt showing impact from use as a 'strike-a-light' for fire-making; in a varigated, possibly volcanic, pale brown stone. 290 grams, 13cm (5"). Found near Maxey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 1980. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 58 for a very similar example. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number CAM-5EAB98; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large bifacially knapped knife with curved back and straight cutting edge; the edge serrated, showing wear polish; in a transluscent brown flint. 74 grams, 15cm (6"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.589 for similar example. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large bifacially knapped sickle-knife with curved back and concave cutting edge showing considerable wear polish; in a variegated brown flint. 53 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.595 for a very similar piece. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.

Neolithic, 2nd millennium BC. A finely knapped triangular bifacial spearhead with pronounced tang, in a transluscent dark grey flint. 43 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly in a private collection, acquired by descent 1970s; reputedly found Kent, before 1960. Extremely fine condition. Rare.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A large and skillfully knapped bifacial spearhead of triangular form, notched to sides for attachment (with loss at base; probably from when in use); in a pale blue-grey flint. 57 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 266 for a similar notch-sided piece. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Scarce.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A fully bifacially knapped spearhead of thick lentoid section with shouldered tang; in a translucent pale brown flint. 38 grams, 10cm (4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, nos.522-527 for generally similar examples. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a trapezoidal bifacially knapped point with slightly squared butt; a similar example with shouldered tang; a large example, slightly eccentric with well defined tang; in grey and variegated flint. 120 grams total, 85-110mm (3 1/4 - 4 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 2nd edition, 1897, pp.378-380 for similar examples. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pair of ground diorite axeheads, each with median swelling, round mounting hole, square-section butt. 853 grams, 12.5 -15cm (5 - 6"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Glob, P.V. Danske Oldsager: Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, item 336. [2] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of Southern European /North African arrowheads, scaphoid, leaf-shaped and triangular type in flint, quartzite and other materials. 16 grams total, 23-49mm (1 - 2"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [10, No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A group comprising: four bifacially knapped sickle-knives, each with curved back and concave cutting edge, two serrated; three showing wear polish; in grey to brown flints and chert. 235 grams total, 11-13cm (4 1/4 - 5"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, nos.590-595 for similar examples. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group of bone points, one triangular with carved flange to rear, one slender with T-section blade, one T-section, short with sturdy butt. 170 grams total, 11.5-28.5cm (4 1/2 - 11 1/4"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4000-2500 BC. A bone or antler axehead, flat butted and with tapering end, socket hole through the body. 335 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. Fair condition. Rare.

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A knapped axe with rounded butt and polished to a slightly convex cutting edge; in grey/brown banded 'table' flint with typical green-tinged cortex showing both sides; showing wear polish to edge. 93 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s.

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A small ground and polished boat-shaped axehead with sand-drilled perforation for hafting; formed in a grey speckled granite. 317 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition. Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s; found North Yorkshire, UK.

Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A large finely knapped and polished axehead with slightly convex cutting edge, near parallel squared sides and squared butt; formed in a mottled grey flint with cortex remaining on one side. 394 grams, 14.2cm (5 3/4"). Very fine condition. Property of an Essex gentleman. See Stenalder, Yngre Danske Oldsager, volume II, 1952, number 228, for a similar example.

Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A carefully knapped and polished axehead with slightly convex cutting edge, near parallel squared sides and squared butt; formed in a mottled grey flint. 253 grams, 10.9cm (4 1/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of an Essex gentleman. See Stenalder, Yngre Danske Oldsager, volume II, 1952, number 228, for a similar example.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A dolerite axe-hammer with one striking surface and one keeled edge, with cylinder perforation and fine polishing to the sides. 432 grams, 98mm (4"). Very fine condition. From a private collection; acquired in the 1980s.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A pecked and polished axe-hammer, pierced for hafting, the lower circumference of the piercing with unusual raised rim; showing wear use to cutting edge and hammer face; in a dark grey diorite stone. 316 grams, 10cm (4"). Fine condition. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, nos.488-490 for similar examples with raised collars. 

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground diorite axehead with median swelling, round mounting hole, square-section hammer butt. 440 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Fine condition; edge chipped, hammer face pecked and worn. Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Glob, P.V. Danske Oldsager: Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, item 102.