A ROLL OF JAPANESE BROCADE FABRIC

A ROLL OF JAPANESE BROCADE FABRIC

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Richly decorated with patterns of phoenix mon and flowerheads on a dense geometric ground, with bands of shippo tsunagi (cash) and key fret borders, all rendered in gold thread on the deep navy-blue ground, 69cm x 493cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Admiral Robert Coote CB (1820-1898), and thence by descent. Admiral Coote enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1833. He was made Commander of HMS Volcano from 1845, HMS Victory from 1860, HMS Gibraltar from 1864 and HMS Arethusa from 1867. In 1874 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Queenstown and served as Commander-in-Chief of the China Station between 1878-1881.