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Auction archive: Lot number 187

PILOT-NAMIKI Maki-e Goldfish Fountain Pen, 1930s

Fine Pens
12 Dec 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 187

PILOT-NAMIKI Maki-e Goldfish Fountain Pen, 1930s

Fine Pens
12 Dec 2019
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Balance form maki-e fountain pen, lever-filler, ball-ended gold-plated Pilot clip. 135mm. 14K gold No. 3 Warranted Pilot heart-vent nib, good flexibility, marked "Made in Japan". Depicts a goldfish in lightly-raised takamaki-e . Signed by Ei Furuyama (born in Satiama in 1902, apprenticed at Zohiko Lacquerware Co. of Kyoto in 1926 before joining Namiki's Kokkokai artists' group, died in 1963). Generally excellent condition, lacquer gloss a bit muted. -Murakami, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens . [Sakura City: 2002], p.20: "It takes time and expense to complete... this small goldfish that is only about 3 cm long and is technically more difficult than larger sizes."

Auction archive: Lot number 187
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Balance form maki-e fountain pen, lever-filler, ball-ended gold-plated Pilot clip. 135mm. 14K gold No. 3 Warranted Pilot heart-vent nib, good flexibility, marked "Made in Japan". Depicts a goldfish in lightly-raised takamaki-e . Signed by Ei Furuyama (born in Satiama in 1902, apprenticed at Zohiko Lacquerware Co. of Kyoto in 1926 before joining Namiki's Kokkokai artists' group, died in 1963). Generally excellent condition, lacquer gloss a bit muted. -Murakami, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens . [Sakura City: 2002], p.20: "It takes time and expense to complete... this small goldfish that is only about 3 cm long and is technically more difficult than larger sizes."

Auction archive: Lot number 187
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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