A rare Henry VIII carved oak panel, circa 1530-40
REF: 2829
Designed with a straight-sided scroll-carved shield with folded-leaf base, centred with the initials 'I B' tied by a lovers' knot, all within a punch-decorated roundel, with pointed-leaf and berry spandrels.
See a drawing of similar design by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543), in the British Museum Collection, London (no. SL,5308.79), circa 1533, depicting the initials of Henry VIII and Anne Bolyen.
- Height 21 cm / 8 1⁄2"
- Width 24.2 cm / 9 "
- Depth 2 cm / 1"
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