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Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A fully bifacial knapped and large sickle knife of crescentic shape with concave cutting edge tapering from a squared butt to a curved tip, showing light wear polish to edge and surfaces; in a varigated grey flint. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 143 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A triangular bifacial knapped flint sickle of large size from a substantial flake with slightly concave cutting edge, the back edge convex; in transluscent grey-brown flint with small areas of white cortex, showing wear polish, especially at the tip. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 113 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Unusually large example.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint, showing some wear polish to the almost straight cutting edge. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. 63 grams, 12.5cm (5"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A finely knapped bifacial sickle knife of crescentic form, the slightly concave cutting edge serrated and the butt carefully shaped, possibly for insertion into a haft; in a brown-grey flint, with considerable wear polish to edge and surfaces. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 29.44 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: a small axe with almost straight polished cutting edge and square butt; in a varigated grey flint; a slender chisel polished to all sides with slightly convex edge and square butt; in a dark grey flint; the polished areas with pale patination. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 99, 55 grams; 8.5, 12cm (3 1/4 and 4 3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Very fine condition. The chisel scarce.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millenium BC. Group comprising: three knapped scrapers with convex working edges, formed on flakes; a slightly asymmetric arrowhead of triangular form; two awl implements tapering to points; with a group of ten knapped blades, all showing shaping and retouching to edges; all in flint. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 123 grams total, 25-85mm (1 - 3 1/4"). [16, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium BC. A finely knapped, fully bifacial lentoid-section flint lance head of delicate proportions; in a transluscent brown flint. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. A most finely worked piece, only some 7mm thick at centre, the parallel pressure flaking to the body and delicate retouching to the edges of the highest quality workmanship; possibly Early Bronze Age period. 34 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition, tip absent.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: a large triangular, fully bifacial knapped arrowhead; in a pale brown flint with mottled grey patination with some loss to one edge; with a small leaf-shaped arrowhead with hollow base, the edges slightly serrated; in a translucent pale brown flint. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 6.41 grams total, 20-42mm (3/4 - 1 3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: four bifacial knapped leaf arrowheads, one of slightly asymmetric form; a butt fragment from a superb quality knapped axe; an awl and fourteen mixed scrapers and implements, all showing extensive retouching; mostly in grey to orange flint. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 199 grams total, 25-65mm (1 - 2 1/2"). [20, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic period, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group of flint implements comprising: a multi-edged long scraper retouched to full circumference in black flint; a blade with lightly retouched edges on a slightly curved flake in transluscent pale brown flint; a finely knapped bifacial small triangular knife with serrated cutting edge and retouched back in opaque pale grey flint; a leaf arrowhead in pale grey flint and a small tanged arrowhead with serrated sides in transluscent brown flint. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 50 grams total, 25-80mm (1 - 3 1/4"). [5, No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millenium BC. Group comprising: a small knapped and almost fully polished small axehead in cream stone; a miniature 'axehead' or chisel with highly polished cutting edge in red-brown flint and two ground stone gouges with convex and incurved cutting edges in fine grained white stone (patinated to grey"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 69.05 grams total, 32-65mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/2"). [4] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: mixed flint implements, all showing good quality shaping and retouching, including three fragments of bifacial knives; with a cutting edge fragment of a polished stone axe in grey basalt. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 285 grams total, 25-65mm (1 - 2 1/2"). [19, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: a bifacial knapped hollow base arrowhead (tip lacking); six end scrapers with convex working edges; a circular scraper retouched to full perimeter; two of irregular shape; three side scrapers with straight edges; three blades, one retouched to the end and a blade core. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 189 grams total, 20-65mm (3/4 - 2 1/2"). [17, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A group consisting of a perforated axehead with rounded end and tapered blade, a stone loom weight with rounded sides and small perforation. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 847 kg, 95mm-11cm (3 3/4 - 4 1/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: two awls formed from animal leg bones, one with incised circumferential line ornament; another formed from a boar tusk. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 26 grams total, 70-95mm (3 - 3 2/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millenium BC. Group comprising: four bone awls, each carefully fabricated. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 30 grams total, 8.5-15cm (3 1/2 - 6"). [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: two bone awls; a bone graver; three larger bone implements and a rodent mandible; together with two rim shards from ceramic vessels showing impressed cord and other bands of decoration, in coarse greyware. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 119 grams total, 30-80mm (1 1/4 - 3 1/4"). [10, No Reserve] Fair condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: three bone awls; three larger bone implements and a bird leg bone showing ornamental ring grooving; together with a rim and a body shard from ceramic vessels showing impressed cord and other bands of decoration, in coarse greyware. Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; formerly in a private collection formed before 1950. 181 grams total, 35-90mm (1 1/4 - 3 1/2"). [9, No Reserve] Fair condition.

Neolithic period flint arrow-head in a 19th / early 20th century gold stick pin mount, by Shreve & Co., stamped - 14k, pair Edwardian gold cufflinks, two Victorian gold mourning rings, stick pin and two simulated cherry amber beads

Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium BC. A terracotta globular vessel with flared neck, broad strap handle, short spout to the shoulder. UK art market, acquired prior to 1980; with old collector's record photograph. 771 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Fine condition. Very rare.

Group comprising: archaistic Neolithic style implements being a triangular arrowhead; a bifacial, leaf-shaped spearhead with tang; a small bifacial knapped axe and a bifacial knapped sickle knife of tapering crescentic form, with slightly convex cutting edge Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 180 grams total, 5 - 12cm (2 - 4 3/4"). [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.

A Neolithic adze blade of rectangular form with pointed ends 28.5cm long.

Two Danish Neolithic flint blades; one of tear drop shape with a serrated edge 23.5cm long the other of fish shape with a serrated edge 23.5cm long 4000 - 2500BC. (2)

A PROBABLY NEOLITHIC DOUBLE HANDLED BOWL with scrolling decoration, approximately 15cm diameter

A display of twelve Neolithic flint arrow heads.

An interesting assortment of boxed archeological artifacts, much seemingly ancient, to include knapped flint heads, pottery fragments etc, numerous boxes with paper labels etc to include Neolithic bone matter and Charente, France, September 1959

* John Craxton R.A. [1922-2009]- Roman pots, [Neolithic Pots], archaeological find, the Downs, Cranborne Chase beyond:- initialled JC and dated 1940 bottom right, small label on reverse JOHN CRAXTON 1940 inscribed on backboard in pen 'John Craxton, pots from Crichell Down sits in the possession of Stuart Piggott 1940-41' oil on board 24.5 x 34.5cm. * Provenance. Peggy and Stuart Piggott circa 1940, thence by family descent. * Notes. Stuart Piggott was the husband of the vendor's aunt from whom the picture was inherited. He was Professor of Archaeology at Edinburgh University and had a house at Rockbourne, near Cranborne Chase. Peggy Piggott's sister was a professional musician, who played the oboe. It is known she associated with the wider Craxton family. We surmise the pots were excavated on the Crichell Estate and came into the possession of Stuart Piggott. John Craxton must have painted these pots on a visit to Rockbourne and possibly presented the painting as a gift.

A case of twelve Neolithic arrow heads, from the Sahara, and a tomahawk

Rawson (Jessica) Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, quarto, illus, 1st Edtiion, cloth, d.w.; Watson (W.) Tang and Liao Ceramics, 1984, quarto, illus, 1st Edition, cloth, d.w., slipcase; and 11 other works on Chinese ceramics, bronzes etc (13)

A Neolithic granite axe head, 15cm wide (chipped)

A group of pottery and stone vessels from antiquity, including two coarse black urns, 18 and 20cm high; two buff pottery vessels, one with rounded shoulders, 14cm, the other with sloping shoulders, 12cm; a Greek buff pottery oinochoe with banded decoration, 14cm high; a Roman Barbotine red ware pottery skyphos, 6cm high, one handle missing; a broken and fragmentary Cypriot early Bronze Age pottery vessel, and ten other vessels, various periods and cultures; and a shaped stone scraping tool, probably neolithic Provenance: Deceased estate, Wiltshire

Laos, Neolithic, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a pair of axe heads / adzes (sometimes known as celts). One is a dark chert-like stone and the other is a smooth red and cream sandstone. Size of largest: 3" L (7.6 cm). Provenance: Ex-Historia Antiques, James Caswell, Santa Monica, CA Condition: Both have chipping and tool marks but are intact. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #110862

AN INTERESTING CHINESE JADE AXE, possibly Neolithic Period, the predominantly mottled green stone with areas of white patination, 4.5in x 3.9in at widest points (together with printed provenance detailing the item’s purchase in 1996)

A Chinese (probably Yangshao) Neolithic earthenware jar of ovoid form, having opposing ring handles, a narrow neck and flared rim, decorated in black and red with geometric designs 11''h

3rd millennium BC. A carved nephrite jade pi ceremonial ring, mounted on a modern wooden stand. See Rawson, J. Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995. 135 grams, 13cm including stand, disc: 73mm (5"). Ex Swiss collection; acquired Hong Kong, 1980s. The exact purpose of these carefully made jade rings has never been established. They occur singly in wealthy burials, from the period of the Hongshan culture, about 3800 BC, where they are usually placed prominently on the stomach or chest. [No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear to outer edge.

Neolithic, 3rd millennium BC. A ceramic vase with narrow base, biconical body, short tubular neck with everted rim, two loop handles to the equator; the upper body painted with linear chevrons in red and brown pigment, swags beneath and discoid panels with hatched grids. 2.6 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped cleaver or small axehead of regular form with polished convex cutting edge and rounded butt, sides and butt lightly smoothed, in a pale grey flint. 116 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A ground and polished basalt axe-hammer with tapering hole, one flat striking face and one keeled edge; in a grey-pink granite with some usage wear to faces. 347 grams, 84mm (3 1/2"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A knapped axe of lentoid section in pale grey flint with slightly tapering sides and rounded butt, convex cutting edge; old inked inscription 'Chalifert S&M' for the village of that name in the Seine et Marne département. 355 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Property of a Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK collector; ex Christies continental sale, 2000's; formerly in a French museum collection; found Chalifert, France. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A large and classic flint core in the characteristic orange-yellow Grand-Pressigny material, carefully knapped to form a typical prepared 'livre-de-beurre' and showing the scar where a large flake was finally struck. 2.8 kg, 29cm (11 1/2"). Ex Lewis collection; acquired in the late 1990s; found Vendée, France. Very fine condition. Rare.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. The major portion of a knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint, showing some wear polish to the almost straight cutting edge. 55 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Good condition; old break and loss to one tip.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped bifacial asymmetric 'birds-bill' sickle knife in a transluscent grey-brown flint, showing much wear polish to the almost straight cutting edge and to the tip. 35 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Very fine condition; small, old chip at tip.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A bifacial knife in dark grey-brown flint, the cutting edge straight and with convex back; possibly contemporaneously formed by adapting a larger, symmetric sickle-knife, the straight edge and rounded tip with extensive usage polish. Cf. Evans, John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 355, fig. 267a for a full sickle-knife of similar form. 26 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s; found Kent, UK, in 1991. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Interesting and rare form.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of finely knapped flint arrowheads comprising: one with short tang and barbs; three of broader profile, each with an old collector's inked number, '3', '5' and '9' respectively. 5.68 grams, 20-25mm (3/4 - 1"). Ex D M Jewitt collection; property of his father, Edward Jewitt, acquired 1960s-1970s, thence by descent 1977; the numbered barbed arrowheads found Yorkshire Wolds, UK, and from an older collection, possibly the Robson collection. Accompanied by an original handwritten letter explaining the provenance details from D. M. Jewitt. [4] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 6th-5th millennium BC. A ceramic standing figure with a triangular face and arms extended and pierced, possibly for suspension. 74.2 grams, 95.5mm (3 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition.

Neolithic, 6th-5th millennium BC. A greyware ceramic figurine modelled in squatting posture with arms to the chest; incised linear details to the collar, arms and shoulders; hollow with tubular neck. For a discussion on Vinca art and culture see, Gimbutas, M. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images, London, 1996. 328 grams, 77mm (3"). From an old European collection; acquired before 1985. Fine condition; old repair.

Neolithic, 6th-5th millennium BC. A terracotta vessel comprising a scaphoid body with head and columnar base; the body and base with incised saltire detailing, the head pentagonal with lateral horns, pinched nose, vertical slits. For a discussion on Vinca art and culture see, Gimbutas, M. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images, London, 1996. 414 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Fair condition; cracked; repaired. Rare.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A single-face antler pick, with curved rectangular piercing for handle mounting, small section missing from blunt end. 62.9 grams, 13.6cm (5 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Palaeolithic to Neolithic, 350000-4000 BC. A group of artefacts comprising: a Palaeolithic bifacial handaxe in a purple basalt (from North Africa); a small Palaeolithic flint flake implement with river terrace patination; a triangular flint flake implement with retouching to edges and point, possibly a projectile point. 570 grams total, 6-15cm (2 - 6"). Property of a Swindon, UK collector; acquired UK market, 1980s. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Palaeolithic to Neolithic, 400000-6000 BP. A group of implements comprising: an early bifacial handaxe of heavy section with typical pale orange river terrace patination; a small, finely knapped bifacial ovate handaxe of later period, with inked 'DEWLISH 1929' inscription; a small bifacial implement of late Mesolithic to early Neolithic date with light polishing to convex cutting edge, with inked 'DEWLISH 1928' inscription. 880 grams total, 8-19cm (3 1/4-7 1/2"). Found Dewlish, Dorset, UK; 1926-1929. [3] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A flint core carefully knapped to form a typical prepared livre-de-beurre showing the scars where several large flakes were struck; with two Musée de la Histoire postcards illustrating similar items. 1.4 kg, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). From the Lawton family collection; from Grand Pressigny region, France, before 1950. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A finely knapped flint axehead with narrow rounded butt, bifacial blade. 108 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A finely knapped axe with tapered squared sides and butt and slightly convex cutting edge; in a variegated dark and light grey flint. 404 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pecked and polished stone perforated axe-hammer with boat-shaped profile. 712 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A small axe with square butt and curved edge. 59 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s, found Gloucestershire, UK. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 3000-1500 BC. A finely knapped flat-section two-edged flint knife with curved profile, square butt. 43 grams, 97mm (4"). Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 3000-1500 BC. A triangular two-edged blade in grey flint with finely knapped serrations to one edge. 42 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A group comprising two plano-convex bifacial knives in a translucent grey-brown flint. 113 grams total, 12-13cm (4 3/4, 5"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint, showing some wear polish to the almost straight cutting edge. 52 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition, tip absent.

Neolithic, 3rd millennium BC. A finely knapped triangular bifacial spearhead with square tang, in dark grey flint. 25 grams, 85mm (3 1/2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.