Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025

Lot 907

ANONYMOUS

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

ANONYMOUS
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Two Japanese makimono (handscroll paintings), ink and colour on paper, each with depictions of Buddhist and Shinto deities, one scroll starting with views of Earth and Heaven followed by divine beings, each accompanied by an inscription with its name; 26cm x 419cm and 22cm x 495cm. (2)

Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.