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THBEuropean Ice Age Steppe Wisent Bison Skull
Lot 156
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Bison priscus. Found in river gravel deposit of Rhine River, Germany. Pleistocene, 250,000 to 10,000 years ago. This amazingly well-preserved and large fossil skull is of the massive European Steppe Bison of the Ice Age, also known as Bison priscus. This classic Pleistocene beast is also known as the Steppe Wisent. It is important to emphasize that it is of European Ice Age origin and not one of the many antique American bison skulls that often turn up on the market. Furthermore, this is a TRUE FOSSIL from the days of Europe's last Ice Age when Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon Man hunted these beasts and memorialized their hunts and reverence for these creatures in their famous cave paintings. Size: 36" W (91.4 cm)
Found quite some time ago when the gravel deposits in the Rhine produced better quality and more complete specimens by the use of technologically simpler and less destructive machinery. River gravel deposits are where most European Ice Age fossils reside. Gravel quarries and river dredges in Europe today use more efficient yet, more destructive machinery than they did in the past when better and more complete fossil specimens were found. The equipment used today destroys most of the new discoveries therefore, locating a high quality fossil Ice Age skull usually requires finding one from an old collection as this beautiful example came.
Bone preservation and detail is exceptional on this skull. The horns are unbroken and complete. The light and highly aesthetic color is a result of this well-preserved example being buried deep in a protective layer of gravel. This burial (until recovered in the dredge) is its reason for its remarkably well-preserved condition, as well. This is an extremely impressive skull from one of the key beasts to human survival in Europe's final Ice Age. Highly recommended and duly impressive to demonstrate the robust size of these revered Ice Age giants.
Note: This piece approaches a meter across. Please do not confuse this true Ice Age European Bison with common, antique, American skulls of a different species which are not over 10,000 years old.
Provenance: private Florida, USA collection, acquired in 2004 from a private Dutch collection
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#139680No repair or fabrication. Extremely rare, superior preservation seldom seen. Horn cores perfectly preserved, unbroken, and complete. The upper portion of the eye orbits are present.Condition
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