STRAIGHT TUSKED ELEPHANT VERTEBRAE SECTION, ELAPHAS ANTIQUUS EARLY PLEISTOCENE, 780,000 - 40,000 a section of three vertebrae, presented on a bespoke mount (37cm long) Footnote: Provenance: Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, Hon. Charles Pearson, son of Viscount Cowdray, within the family for over one-hundred years, possibly gifted by the Scottish geologist, botanist, palaeontologist, Hugh Falconer (1808 - 1865). Christie's. The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House. 15th September 2011, lot 1138. Please note, the piece is incorrectly described as a cast - it has subsequently been examined by leading experts and confirmed as genuine.