Lot 9. Covered cup with a globe and a stem in the form of a Turk, Zick Workshop, Southern German, Nuremberg, second half 17th century; 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimate 70,000 — 100,000 GBP. Lot sold 125,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

turned ivory, the figurative stem with metal inlay.

Provenance: Axel Vervoordt, Belgium, TEFAF 1991

Exhibited: Brussels, Musée de la Maison d'Erasme, Anatomie des Vanités, 2008

Literature: A. Vanautgaerden (ed.), Anatomie des Vanités, exh. cat., Musée Maison d'Erasme, Brussels, 2008, pp. 84, 90, 91

Sotheby's. Treasures, London, 05 Jul 2017