A Burmite Amber fossil specimen containing a red bird from the age of the dinosaurs
with accompanying certificate from AGL Thai Laboratory No. 0034516
Further detailed images available upon request
| Condition: |
Good |
| Estimate: |
£60,000 - £100,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
This very transparent golden amber has the remains of a
wonderfully preserved winged creature with feathers ranging from a metallic
copper to a scarlet red pigment giving this animal the most aesthetically
beautiful vivid red colour.
The bird is 100% complete with long lanky legs each having four long thin toes
and the wings have 3 fingered claws mid-wing and also hook shaped talons at the
end of the wings. The bird has fine single filaments on its body, and feathers
on its wings and legs. It also has a tail reminiscent of a real dragon's tail.
The most beautiful thing about this bird is how it changes colour and reveals
different layers under different lighting conditions as shown in this series of
photos taken with a mobile phone.
Birds when found in amber are usually tiny flat pancake birds and never are
they found as large and clean as this fully 3-dimensional one.
This unique prehistoric bird in amber comes with a lab verification report from
AGL lab report number 0034516.
99 million years old (Cretaceous)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Myanmar (Burma)
Weight: 72.240 grammes / 361.22 carats
Dimensions: 64.00 x 51.10 x 35.46mm
Natural History
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