A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580 A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580

A 16th century carved oak panel, circa 1580

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Carved in high relief, topped by a fluted frieze with leaf-wrapped corners, all above a scroll-edged cartouche with a vulning pelican wings displayed and inverted, flanked by a pair of putti perching on its projecting scrolls, the shaped apron centred by a lion mask

'The Pelican in her Piety' depicts a mother pelican wounding her own breast with her beak to feed her dying chicks with her blood. It represents absolute self-sacrifice, the Passion of Christ, and the Eucharist

  • Height 40.5 cm / 16"
  • Width 28.5 cm / 11 "
  • Depth 6.5 cm / 2 3⁄4"

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