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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Natural History - Polished Fossil Sea Urchin Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two polished Clypeus ploti specimens. 328 grams total, 80 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 444-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The aquatic arthropod with its back arched, resting on an irregular matrix. 80.3 grams, 75 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung with polyhedral, tubular, fusiform and other beads, the centrepiece a large polyhedral bead. 38.9 grams, 42 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.