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LOT 0398
Natural History - Canis Teilhardi Wolf's Skull
LATE PLIOCENE-EARLY PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.3 MILLION-60,000 YEARS B.P.
9 5/8 in. (1.72 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand).
A near complete example retaining many of the animal's teeth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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.
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