Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 521
A BRONZE INKWELL
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A BRONZE INKWELL
AFTER PETER VISCHER THE YOUNGER (GERMAN 1487-1528)
with a naked female figure, probably symbolising Vanity, with her right foot on a skull, standing by a plaque and an urn, possibly an allegory of heavenly life
16.3cm high, 14.3cm wide
Catalogue note
See Cecil Headlam, 'Peter Vischer', fig. 22 for a similar inkstand from the Fortnum collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.