VERTICAL BANNER in polychrome and gold metallic silk threads on velvet, depicting the goddess Kannon standing on a cloud, surrounded by a flamed mandorla, holding a representation of Amida’s jina at the end of a pole. Mounted vertically. (Discolouration, wear and tear, small tears). Japan, late Edo to early Meiji periods. A VERTICAL EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL, JAPAN, LATE EDO–EARLY MEIJI PERIODS. DIM. 103 X 56 CM (40 9/16 X 22 1/16 IN.)