Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber

OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.

1/2 in. (0.41 grams, 13 mm).

Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 2174