Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 148
TWO JAPANESE PAINTINGS OF RAKAN
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
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.