Bidspirit auction | Elizabethan Elaborate Carved Wood Panel


Elizabethan Elaborate Carved Wood Panel with Putti and Mythical Beasts - 16th-17th century A.D.. Rectangular section of panel frame with egg-and-dart upper band, main panel with frieze comprising: scrolled frond with squirrel holding a nut in his raised forepaws; wolf in rampant pose climbing on fronds, head turned backwards towards a hound with its forepaws clawing at the wolf's rump, head raised, restrained by a leash gripped by a putto sounding a blasthorn and with a huntsman's pouch slung over his shoulder; domed panel with lobed fronds and round keyhole; addorsed putto with pouch slung across his body; mounting rings and wire to the reverse, recess for mounting a lock mechanism and an old inventory label. 841 grams, 47.5 cm (18 3/4 in.). Private collection, London, UK. [No Reserve]