FOR EVERY MAKI-E COLLECTOR

THE BOOK THAT WILL TEACH YOU THE ZEN OF COLLECTING

LIMITED EDITION OF 400 COPIES, VERY FEW ARE LEFT

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$400.00

In 1925 the relatively new Japanese firm, Namiki Manufacturing Co. Ltd. launched a bold new art form - lacquered pens. By applying the centuries-old lacquer technique, makie (sprinkled picture using metal or colored powder) to their pen line, the Tokyo-based manufacturer caused a stir within the writing instrument industry. With offices abroad, including London, and an ongoing advertising campaign, the pens were soon retailing in some of the world's leading stores, including Alfred Dunhill Ltd. which eventually became its worldwide distributor.

Today, the pens under the brand name of "Dunhill-Namiki" set record breaking prices at auction houses everywhere. This is the first time that a book has addressed the subject.

The authors provide a fascinating look on the tools and techniques used to make lacquer pens, the artists who made them and the manner in which they were sold.

The text is as much about the inherent greatness of Japanese art as it is about one of Europe's most brilliant retailers. Set in the 1920s and 1930s it provides a rare glimpse of retailing during one of the most interesting periods in history.

Here are page after page of rare photographs of these limited edition writing instruments hand selected from the Alfred Dunhill Archives, the Pilot Pen Corporations' Museum and from some of world's leading private collections. For the collector, the authors have provided an invaluable glossary of Japanese terms and a section devoted to signatures.

Only 2,000 hand numbered copied of Namiki: The Art of Japanese Lacquer Pens have been printed and only a few copies remain.

160 pages
239 color pictures
hardcover
$1000 U.S.(Includes shipping)

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