THE CARVING SONG/MING DYNASTY (960-1644), THE CORAL ORDOVICIAN/DEVONIAN PERIOD (C. 510 MILLION YEARS AGO-359 MILLION YEARS AGO)

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A CORAL BI DISC
THE CARVING SONG/MING DYNASTY (960-1644), THE CORAL ORDOVICIAN/DEVONIAN PERIOD (C. 510 MILLION YEARS AGO-359 MILLION YEARS AGO)
The smoothly polished disc is of a mottled pale coral and caramel tone with a black fissure and tiny black flecks.
2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) diam, fitted wood box

Provenance

W.W. Winkworth Collection (1897-1991).

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Lot Essay

The disc is thought to be made from tabulate coral favosites or a close relative. This is an extinct kind of tabulate coral sometimes referred to as "honeycomb coral" due to the tightly packed polygonal cells that give it its characteristic structure. This type of coral was prevalent during the Ordovician and Devonian periods.

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