Large Ammonite - Primordial Ocean Douvilleiceras - Height: 510 mm - Width: 410 mm- 21900 g - (1)

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Estimate  € 3,100 - € 3,500
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€300
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€50

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Douvilleiceras large ammonite specimen from Madagascar, mounted on a wooden and metal decorative base with a total weight of 21,900 g.

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Douvilleiceras – Monument of the Ancient Sea — This large ammonite of the Douvilleiceras species, sourced from Madagascar, is a fossil, fragment of primordial ocean solidified in time. Its powerful spiral tells the journey of a cephalopod that plied the seas of the Cretaceous, over one hundred million years ago, when the world was populated by gigantic creatures and the oceans housed forms of life of extraordinary variety. The shell, with its nodose reliefs and compact geometry, embodies the strength of nature that shaped it: not a delicate spiral, but a vigorous architecture, worthy of the tumultuous seas that housed it. The sutures incised like geological arabesques, joined to the warm, earthy colors of fossilization, yield an object that is both natural sculpture and paleontological document. Mounted on a decorative wooden and metal base, this Douvilleiceras is not only a scientific specimen: it becomes the protagonist of a space, capable of transforming into the focal point of a collecting, museological, or refined furnishing environment. Owning it means guarding a natural monument, a direct witness of distant eras, when the ocean was the undisputed realm of ammonites. It is an invitation to contemplation and wonder, a fragment of geological time that today offers itself as eternal art, born from the perfect alliance of sea, minerals, and time. Ammonite dimensions: 410 x 380 x 155 mm

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Douvilleiceras – Monument of the Ancient Sea — This large ammonite of the Douvilleiceras species, sourced from Madagascar, is a fossil, fragment of primordial ocean solidified in time. Its powerful spiral tells the journey of a cephalopod that plied the seas of the Cretaceous, over one hundred million years ago, when the world was populated by gigantic creatures and the oceans housed forms of life of extraordinary variety. The shell, with its nodose reliefs and compact geometry, embodies the strength of nature that shaped it: not a delicate spiral, but a vigorous architecture, worthy of the tumultuous seas that housed it. The sutures incised like geological arabesques, joined to the warm, earthy colors of fossilization, yield an object that is both natural sculpture and paleontological document. Mounted on a decorative wooden and metal base, this Douvilleiceras is not only a scientific specimen: it becomes the protagonist of a space, capable of transforming into the focal point of a collecting, museological, or refined furnishing environment. Owning it means guarding a natural monument, a direct witness of distant eras, when the ocean was the undisputed realm of ammonites. It is an invitation to contemplation and wonder, a fragment of geological time that today offers itself as eternal art, born from the perfect alliance of sea, minerals, and time. Ammonite dimensions: 410 x 380 x 155 mm

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Large Ammonite - Primordial Ocean
Mineral form
Douvilleiceras
Supplement
Monument of the Ancient Sea
Weight
21900 g
Country of origin
Madagascar
Height
510 mm
Width
410 mm
Depth
200 mm
ItalyVerified
14183
Objects sold
98.43%
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