JAPANESE MAKI E HANDMADE ART PEN SPARROW BAMBOO RARE

JAPAN TREASURE ART - MAKI-E

From WIKI

Maki-e (蒔絵^?, lit. sprinkled picture) is Japanese lacquer sprinkled with gold or silver powder as a decoration using a makizutsu or a kebo brush. The technique was developed mainly in the Heian Period (794 -1185) and blossomed in the Edo Period (1603-1868). Maki-e objects were initially designed as household items for court nobles, they soon gained more popularity and were adopted by royal families and military leaders as an indication of power.

"SPARROW and BAMBOO"
竹林雀



2 TONE GOLD SILVER
GERMANY IRIDIUM
MEDIUM NIB
CARTRIDGE
FOUNTAIN PEN

FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

 



 

13.5cm in length

An excellent craft work in traditional Japanese way of decorating ornaments in GOLD or SILVER foil with a unique technique.

The art work in the barrel and cap is wrapped in gold foil, painstakingly created by skillful craftsman; a work of art on a fountain pen.

This gold leaf is called Kanazawa foil. The Kanazawa foil was made for the first time in 1593 by a craftsman from the old province of Kaga. This traditional method is continuously being used till now in a lot of Japanese arts and craft products as a symbol of excellence.

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