TWO ANONYMOUS BUDDHIST PAINTINGS

Description:

Japan, Muromachi/Edo period
40,7 x 41,7 cm/84 x 35,5 cm
a) Fragment of an unidentified mandara. Ink, colours and a little gold on fabric. b) At the centre Jûichimen Kannon Bosatsu, to the left Bishamonten and Fudô Myôô to the right. Ink and a few colours on paper.
From an old German private collection, acquired in Japan between 1960 and 1964
Partly traces of age, slightly creased and minor water stains, mounted as hanging scrolls