Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025
Lot 844
FOUR JAPANESE FUKUSA (GIFT COVERS) MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
FOUR JAPANESE FUKUSA (GIFT COVERS)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each embroidered in silk and with details rendered in metallic threads, one with the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) celebrating the New Year, another an aerial view of the shrine at Itsukushima with its iconic 'floating' torii gate; the third with three figures in an interior reading poem cards, the fourth with many auspicious symbols; each approx. 84cm x 71cm. (4)
Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection, first collected by Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) and thence by descent.
Each embroidered in silk and with details rendered in metallic threads, one with the Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) celebrating the New Year, another an aerial view of the shrine at Itsukushima with its iconic 'floating' torii gate; the third with three figures in an interior reading poem cards, the fourth with many auspicious symbols; each approx. 84cm x 71cm. (4)
Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection, first collected by Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) and thence by descent.
Literature: the Shichifukujin and Itsukushima fukusa both listed in M Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson, vol.1, p.183, nos.18 and 32.