NAMIKI MAKI-E LACQUER PEN DECORATED WITH TSUBA AND SAKURA.Japanese , mid - 1920s. The red maki-e raden ground inlaid with iridescent aogai shell and decorated with sakura blossom, five different tsuba(sword-guards) in high relief using a variety of maki-e and lacquer techniques ,red seal kao hidden amongst the decoration of the fifth , with Namiki # 6 14 K nib . A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!! Probably done by the great master lacquer artist MATSUDA!!!!

STREAM AND WATERPLANT

EIGHT SQUARES

CHRYSANTHEMUM

CRANE

FLOWERING PLUM WITH WAVES AND CRESCENT MOON

NOTE: The text  with this pen's description was copied from the BLOOMSBURY  auction catalogue of " Fine and rare vintage fountain pens and pencils " dated 30th Sptember,2005. To read it in a easy way you can " click" over each text photo .  The PHOTOS and PEN belongs to the author of this blog.