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LOT 2481
Medical Educational Skull
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 in. (579 grams, 20 cm wide).
Human skull with upper cranium detached and contents removed; fasteners and locating pins, securing springs; some teeth absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Footnotes
This item is for collection only.
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