Namiki Nippon Art fine point fountain pen

Crane & Turtle Namiki Nippon Art fine point fountain pen. This exotic Namiki maki-e fountain pen was created by a collaboration of maki-e artists (Kokkokai) in Japan. The Nippon Art collection features the Hira Maki-e technique (flat maki-e), depicting a crane and a turtle. The pen has a 14k gold nib in size #10, fills via cartridge and comes packaged in a velvet-lined wooden box. The Nippon Art Collection uses traditional Japanese subjects drawn on a black lacquered background in Hira Maki-e (Flat Maki-e). This technique is decorated with silver and gold powders and then additional lacquer. After the lacquer is hardened, it is then burnished The shiny black of the lacquer and vibrancy of the intricate painting makes these pens one-of-a-kind pieces of art and warrantied for life by Namiki.