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DUNHILL-NAMIKI: Rakucho Maki-e Limited Edition Pipe
16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$13,750 inc. premium
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DUNHILL-NAMIKI: Rakucho Maki-e Limited Edition Pipe
Bonhams is pleased to offer this rare limited edition Dunhill-Namiki pipe, created in 1999 after a design in the company's archives. The bowl is decorated in fine togidashi maki-e and takamaki-e by the late master arrtisan Kyusai Yoshida, who created many masterpiece pens for Namiki including Hannya and Sakura Rose. The pipe's creation involved over 150 individual processes, requiring eight months to complete. The pipe is unused and the bowl is in immaculate condition; the hard rubber stem is oxidized and can be replaced at the owner's discretion. Bowl and stem are adjoined with a hallmarked 18K solid gold band marked "Alfred Dunhill." Includes outer box, lacquered wood inner box with brass lock, and two keys. No limitation is stated, but it is likely that ten or fewer were made.













