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THBRare Fossilized European Ice Age Wild Boar Skull
Lot 179
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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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- Lot Description
South Central Europe, Gravel Deposit, Late Pleistocene to Mesolithic, ca. 16,500 to 8,500 years ago. This is an extremely rare offering - a beautiful, fossilized skull with the original lower jaw and teeth, from a European Ice Age wild boar, Sus scrofa. The skull and lower jaw are in impeccable condition, containing all molars and pre-molars, original tusks, and three of the original six incisors. How the lower tusks avoided damage during dredging is miraculous, as their sharp tips are even still intact! A gorgeous umber brown hue has developed throughout, and this piece deserves a place in a museum or any public exhibition. This boar was an important megafauna that lived during Europe's final Ice Age and Stone Age as this was one of the primary hunted animals of Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic humans. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire an Ice Age fossilized boar skull with the original jaw, teeth, and tusks! Size of upper skull: 12.4" L (31.5 cm); mandible: 10.8" L (27.4 cm)
The German private collection this skull came from spanned nearly 40 years, comprising many of the rarest and most complete European Ice Age fossils and this skull was the only boar skull with an original lower jaw and original tusks and teeth. It was reportedly found by gravel dredge in south central Europe, from a layer that included other extinct megafauna such as Megaloceros, Woolly Rhino, Steppe Bison, as well as some Mesolithic antler tools in a layer just above its find spot layer.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world's largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: ex-private German collection, formed in the 1980s
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A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#167897Surface is covered and sealed with stabilizing coating. No repairs or restoration. Missing one upper tusk and 3 incisors. The front portion of the skull has losses and damaged by the dredge machinery and Lower mandible, tusks, and all teeth are original to the skull and from the same animal. Great coloration!Condition
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