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NAMIKI: Playing Cards Lacquer and Enamel Bridge Pencil by Ritsuzan, 1930s

16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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NAMIKI: Playing Cards Lacquer and Enamel Bridge Pencil by Ritsuzan, 1930s

Uncommon Namiki maki-e bridge pencil, created in Japan for the Western market, 1930s. Conical form with rounded stainless steel base, ornamented with red, white and black enamel on black urushi ground, depicting an ace of diamonds and two other cards, twist action mechanism, base inscribed "NAMIKI / Made In / Japan". Measures 9.5cm. Signed by Ritsuzan Yamayaki.

See Hutt & Overbury, Namiki: The Art of Lacquer Pens. [Toronto: 2000], pp. 136-37, 151; LarQuemin, The Four Seasons of Namiki. [Paris: 2009], pp. 110-11, 197 and Murakami, Dunhill-Namiki and Lacquer Pens. [Sakura City: 2000], p.60.

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