A rare carved oak panel, English, circa 1600
REF: 4537
Designed with a gigantic catfish ridden by a cherub, one hand using the maxillary barbels as reins, the other holding a long whip, a small caravel and bird in flight in the distance.
Old handwritten label to the rear, now indistinct, reads: 'Formerly when ? / Shipwreck in(it) the Mediterranean? / Sea at the do? / were ? / the passengers tog(ether?)'
- Height 46.5 cm / 18 1⁄2"
- Width 28.3 cm / 11 "
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