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LOT 2175
Natural History - Polished Fossil Chalice
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (309 grams, 10.9 cm).
Footed chalice with a wide bowl; fossil inclusions. [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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