A Blackened Fossilized Complete Humanoid Skull

OF INDETERMINATE AGE
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L O T 28

  • The skull of modern human proportions and fossilized in either magnesium-rich soil or volcanic sandstone.

  • Remarkable state of preservation, teeth showing signs of restoration, minor pitting on bone plates.

  • Part of Kyriakos Papadopoulos's collection in Thessaloniki until 1978, acquired by Simon Cheung in Hong Kong. Cheung's estate auctioned the piece in 1997.

LOT 28

A Blackened Fossilized Complete Humanoid Skull

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27. A CARVED IVORY AND BLOWN GLASS MODEL OF A MAMMALIAN EYE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY