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2 avril 2018

A fossil Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, the Lady of Compostelle, Miocene (17 million years old), Lacoste Quarry, Vaucluse

A fossil Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, the Lady of Compostelle, Miocene (17 million years old), Lacoste Quarry, Vaucluse, France

Lot 3072. A fossil Gigantopecten Restitutensis group, the Lady of Compostelle, Miocene (17 million years old), Lacoste Quarry, Vaucluse, France; 140 by 49.8 by 40 cm, 55 1/8  by 19 5/8  by 15 3/4  in., overall h. 200.5 cm, 78 7/8  inEstimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 437,500 HKD. © Sotheby's 2018

the vertically orientated sculpture formed from a mass accumulation of scalloped pectens of attractive calcified white tone, all raised on a rectangular podium.

Note: Compare a small sculpture depicting the shells in relief in the collection of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille (inventory number MHNM 12463.0).

Sotheby's. Curiosity IV. Hong Kong, 02 Apr 2018, 10:30 AM

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