19th May, 2023 13:00

Asian Art I
 
  Lot 310
 

A PAIR OF JAPANESE BUDDHIST SCROLL PAINTINGS
Nijyu-go Bosatsu zo

UNKNOWN ARTIST

Dated Meiji 21 (1888)

A pair of Japanese hanging scroll paintings, kakejiku, ink, colour and gilt on silk, depicting the Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas, Nijyu-go Bosatsu, the left with Bodhisattva Jizō, the right Seishi descending from a pure blue sky among a group of heavenly musicians on scrolling white clouds, all playing various instruments and carrying banners, each scroll mounted in silk brocade and inscribed on the exterior

89cm high, 40cm long (2)

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PROVENANCE:

English Private Collection of Zenga, ex-collection of Jujundō temple

Sold for £625

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

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