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Auction archive: Lot number 239

PILOT-NAMIKI: Bridge, River and Mountain Landscape Maki-e & Aogai Fountain Pen, Signed by Shogo, Grade A, c.1930

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$35,000
Auction archive: Lot number 239

PILOT-NAMIKI: Bridge, River and Mountain Landscape Maki-e & Aogai Fountain Pen, Signed by Shogo, Grade A, c.1930

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$35,000
Beschreibung:

A-grade Pilot-Namiki fountain pen, in excellent condition, demonstrating outstanding aesthetics. Depicts a bridge over flowing river waters beneath looming Japanese mountains. Rendered in high-relief raised shishiai togidashi maki-e and togedashi maki-e, in gold powder and autumnal pigments on black urushi ground, with subtle aogai (mother-of-pearl) details and okibirame gold flake embellishment. The decoration extends to the nib section and feed. 127mm. Vest form with flat captop and endpiece. Endpiece marked "Made in Japan," 14K rolled gold cap ring, Namiki "lifebuoy" lever. 14K gold #3 Pilot heart-vent nib, decent flex. Signed by Shogo, Namiki's first master penmaker. -Larquemin, Christophe. The Four Seasons of Namiki. [Paris, 2009], p.198. -Hutt, Julia & Stephen Overbury. Alfred Dunhill: The Art of Lacquer Pens. Totonto, [2000], p. 152.

Auction archive: Lot number 239
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

A-grade Pilot-Namiki fountain pen, in excellent condition, demonstrating outstanding aesthetics. Depicts a bridge over flowing river waters beneath looming Japanese mountains. Rendered in high-relief raised shishiai togidashi maki-e and togedashi maki-e, in gold powder and autumnal pigments on black urushi ground, with subtle aogai (mother-of-pearl) details and okibirame gold flake embellishment. The decoration extends to the nib section and feed. 127mm. Vest form with flat captop and endpiece. Endpiece marked "Made in Japan," 14K rolled gold cap ring, Namiki "lifebuoy" lever. 14K gold #3 Pilot heart-vent nib, decent flex. Signed by Shogo, Namiki's first master penmaker. -Larquemin, Christophe. The Four Seasons of Namiki. [Paris, 2009], p.198. -Hutt, Julia & Stephen Overbury. Alfred Dunhill: The Art of Lacquer Pens. Totonto, [2000], p. 152.

Auction archive: Lot number 239
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
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