A RARE EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING OF KANNO... Lot n° 39

A RARE EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGING OF KANNON Japan, 18th century, early to mid-Edo period, the brocade frame Meiji period (1868-1912) The shubutsu (Buddhist embroidery) finely embroidered with silk and gold couched threads on silver-gray silk damask and mounted to a later brocade frame, depicting Kannon, the Bodhisattva of compassion, standing on a lotus base above swirling clouds, holding a lotus flower in his left hand, the golden body dressed in a long flowing robe and adorned with jewelry, his face with a serene expression and downward gaze, centered by an urna, the head surmounted by an elaborate crown, with a silver radiating halo, the sun and moon to his upper left and right. SIZE 187 x 93 cm (the hanging), 138 x 65.1 cm (the image) Condition: Good condition, minor wear, loose threads, some staining and soiling, few small tears, minor losses. The brocade frame with loose threads. Provenance: A private collector in Vienna, acquired from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, circa in 1985. Thence by descent in the same family. Literature comparison: Compare a closely related silk embroidery panel of Kannon, 1780-1840, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number T.208-1958. Compare a closely related silk embroidery panel of Kannon, 18th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number T.191-1968.