Lot 583
REASSEMBLED AEPYORNIS/ ELEPHANT BIRD EGG
Auction: 20 April 2016 at 11:00 BST
£875
Description
raised on a fold-away carved wood tripod stand
Dimensions
egg 35 x 25 cm; overall 39cm high
Footnote
Note: The Aepyornis, otherwise known as the Elephant Bird, was a flightless bird that lived in Madagascar until its extinction in the 17th century. It was likely to have been the heaviest bird to have existed, and grew to over 11 feet tall. Its eggs are sixty times larger than a domestic hen's egg.