Elephant bird egg, Aepyornis maximus
A near-complete Aepyornis maximus egg from Androy, Madagascar, about 11,000 years old and 33 centimeters tall.
About the asset
Aepyornis maximus, the elephant bird of Madagascar, laid the largest eggs of any known bird, well over a hundred times the volume of a hen’s egg. This near-complete example measures 33 by 23 by 23 centimeters and comes from the Androy region in the island’s south.
It dates to about 11,000 years ago. The consignor puts the number of comparable specimens worldwide at roughly a dozen; examples have been sold through Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
Aepyornis maximus stood up to about three meters tall and was among the heaviest birds known. The elephant birds survived into historical times and died out around a thousand years ago, long after this egg was laid.
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