ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS
ARHAT/RAKAN
PROBABLY KAMAKURA/MUROMACHI, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

A Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll painting), ink, colour and gold on paper, depicting one of the legendary disciples of the historical Buddha descending from the heavens amongst clouds, portrayed as an elderly man wearing ornate robes, his left hand raised in a gesture of blessing and holding a staff in the other; framed and glazed, with a paper label at the back for 'The Berkeley Galleries, William F C Ohly, 20 Davies Street, London W1'; the painting 160cm x 67cm.

Provenance: from the William F C Ohly collection (1883 - 1955), Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.