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LOT 2310
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.54 kg, 20.5 cm).
With narrow brain-pan and prominent incisor and canine teeth; perhaps Australopithecus. [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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