17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History & Taxidermy

 
  Lot 196
 

196

Antlers/Horns: Indian Gaur Buffalo (Bos gaurus gaurus), circa 1920-1930, India, a large set of adult cow horns on upper skull, right horn 55cm, left horn 54cm tip to tip 26.5cm, widest span 69cm, overall height 85cm, mounted upon a shaped Indian hard wood shield

With CITES Article 10 (non-transferable) licence no.23GBA10A8WHCO

Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

This specimen would require a re-export licence to export from the UK, an import permit would be required into your chosen country, this is the responsibility of the buyer alone, Tennants Auctioneers do not offer any onward re-export or import licences.

 


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Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024

This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release). 

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