TWO JAPANESE PAINTINGS OF RAKAN

TWO JAPANESE PAINTINGS OF RAKAN

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Both in ink and colour on silk, each depicting an Immortal with an attendant, one holding a gokosho (pestle) and a gokorei (bell) and with a Buddhist Guardian God by his side; the other holding an egoro (ritual incense burner with a long handle), a monk by his side holding a vase of lotus flowers, both with gold-thread silk mounts, framed and glazed, both 94cm x 39.3cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000.