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DUNHILL-NAMIKI: Seahorse Maki-e Fountain Pen by Haruo, c.1930s

16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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DUNHILL-NAMIKI: Seahorse Maki-e Fountain Pen by Haruo, c.1930s

Flat-top lever-filler maki-e pen, two gold-plated cap rings, ball-ended clip, 18K gold Dunhill-Namiki heart-vent nib. 130mm. Signed by Haruo Kiyono (born 1895). The barrel depicts a seahorse and a fish swimming among water weeds; the cap depicts the flowering leaves of an unknown variety of land-based flora. Both are rendered in skillful togidashi maki-e. The contrast between aqueous and terrestrial elements conveys interesting symbolic and philosophical associations, suggesting the harmonious interplay of countervailing natural forces, a motif central to Japanese art and culture.

-Murakami, Tomihiro. Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens. [Sakura City: 2000], p. 60.

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