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THBRare Fossilized Gazella Gaudryi Skull w/ Horn Cores
Lot 85b
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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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Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Central to East Asia, likely Mongolia or China, Late Miocene to early Pliocene, ca. 11.6 to 1.8 million years ago. A magnificent, fossilized skull from a relative to modern day gazelles: Gazella gaudryi - with the iconic horn cores attached! Although an extinct species, this petite skull closely resembles its modern-day ancestors: ungulate-mandibles with molars for grazing vegetation, and large eyes sockets for their enormous "doe eyes" to sight predators. The late Miocene saw a great diversification of bovids, including antelopes / gazelles that spread across Asia and Africa, and this species in particular flourished in the Mongolian and Northern China region, until the Ice Age when this climate change effected their environment to the extent that they died out. This specimen is incredibly aesthetic with the horns and the petite size is easily held in one hand - very adorable! Size (skull): 7" L x 3.5" W x 5" H (17.8 cm x 8.9 cm x 12.7 cm); (horn core along curve): Size: 6.5" L (16.5 cm)
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired from an old collection made prior to 1984
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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.
#172127Professionally prepared and restored. Horns reattached and visible break lines. Losses to left orbit bone and nasal bone. Overall excellent and a rare species. Inventory number on surface of jaw.Condition
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