Interiors & Decorations

Jewellery & Precious Stones

Watches, Pens & Lighters

Fashion

Coins & Stamps

Comics & Animation

Classic Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

Wine, Whisky & Spirits

Asian & Tribal Art

Trading Cards

Toys & Models

Archaeology & Natural History

Sports

Music, Movies & Cameras

Books & Historical Memorabilia

The finest objects brought to you by {name}

Manuel Quiring

Top Quality.
A spectacular egg of Elephant Bird, scientific name Aepyornis Maximum.
All the pieces that compose it are part of the same egg, there are no parts added from other eggs.
Aepyornis is an extinct giant bird lived in Madagascar until the 1700s. It could reach 3 m in height and weigh more than 500 kg. The eggs were approx. 30 cm high with a circumference of 70 cm at least.

Dimensions: 310x250x250 mm
Weight: 1960 g
Dating: 1700
Origin: Madagascar

QUATERNARY-Pleistocene (0.01–2.58 million years) - Madagascar

Extinct Elephant Bird Egg, re-constructed - all fragments of the same egg - Aepyornis Maximus - 310×250×250 mm

Fossils

Reserve price

No reserve price

Buy now

Closing date

Saturday

Tuesday

tomorrow

Sunday

Wednesday

today

Monday

Budget

From

Location

France

The Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Germany

Lithuania

Hong Kong

Taiwan

United States

Poland

Romania

Belgium

United Kingdom

Portugal

Türkiye

Austria

Sweden

Bulgaria

Switzerland

Denmark

Singapore

Luxembourg

Dimensions

Height

Width

Depth

Object

Fossil tooth

Fossilised animal

Amber

Fossil skeleton

Fossil teeth

Fossil skull

Fossilised plant

Fossil plate matrix

Fossilised shell

Fossil matrix

Fossil bone

Raw mineral

Fossil fragment

Fossilised jaw

Fossil molar

Fossilised claw

Fossil mortality plate

Carved mineral

Taxidermy replica mount

Fossil cabochon

Fossil carapace

Metaphysical stones

Fossilised tusk

Fossil vertebra bone

Rosary

Country of origin

Morocco

Madagascar

North America

Indonesia

Netherlands

Lebanon

Asia

Myanmar

China

Russia

Brazil

Baltic states

Canada

India

Algeria

Czech Republic

Australia

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Resin

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

Composed

Good condition

Reassembled

Manipulated

As new - unused

Cast

Reconstructed

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Hand carved

Excellent condition

Good condition - used with some signs of wear

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Quaternary (2.58 - 0 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Cambrian, Series 2 (521 - 509 million years)

Triassic, Upper (237 - 201.3 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

1970-1980

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Stone

Coral

Natural Pearl

Pearl

Blood Coral

Amethyst

Certification

No laboratory report

Non-CITES species

Style

Ancient Egypt, Late Period

Gothic

Signature

Not signed

Baroque

Cabochon cut

Oval

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Labradorite

Malachite

Quartz

Mineral form

Freeform

Geode

Pearl surface quality

Lightly spotted

Pearl luster

Good

Size on item

57 (EU) / 17 (IT) / 8 (US)

Adjustable

Large (18 - 18.5 cm)

Medium (17 - 18 cm)

Culture

Berbère

After 2000

Before 1400

1900-2000

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

Composite

Specimen

Mosasaur

Dinosaur

Fossils

This object is no longer available, but there’s still lots to explore

Extinct Elephant Bird Egg, re-constructed - all fragments of the same egg - Aepyornis Maximus - 310×250×250 mm

Popular in Fossils

998 objects

Related collections