Anonymous Buddhist (Edo period)


BishamontenSmall hanging scroll, ink, color and gold pigment on silk, now mounted in a framed plexiglass shadow box; the Heavenly King of the North attired as a seated Chinese warrior with a spear in one hand, the other holding a model of a pagoda, the deity supported by a pair of demons (jaki) and a diminutive figure of Jiten to the center, all raised on a rocky plinth, (wrinkles).14 1/2 x 9in (37 x 23cm) painting48 1/2 x 19 3/8in (123 x 49.4cm) overall