Front view of the Splendors of the Orient Pen. The AP Limited Editions logo is featured on the left of the pen. To the right the text reads: Splendors of the Orient Maki-e Lacquer Art, The Connoisseur, A Limited Edition of Nine Pens.
Front view of the Fountain Pen with the cap set to the side on a white background. A series of intricate geometric-styled designs surround the pen. A combination of gold powders, raden, and other techniques were used in the making of the pen.
Side view of the fountain pen on a white background.
Close up to a section of the pen on a white background. It is composed of small pieces of raden set on a grid of squares. Each square has a design made of gold lacquer.
Close up to a section of the pen on a white background. A ring composed of raden (abalone shell) pieces frames a detailed geometric design painted in gold lacquer.
Close up to the grip section, the fountain pen nib, and the top of the cap, which is placed next to the pen on a white background. The grip section features a ring composed of small abalone shell pieces. The nib has an engraving of the AP logo and the 18K - 750 Gold stamp.
Front view of the Fountain Pen with the cap on. Set on a white background.
View of the Fountain Pen with the cap set to the side on a white background.
Side view of the Fountain Pen with the cap on. Set on a white background.
Close up to an end of the pen. A series of intricate, geometric patterns decorate it in different colors of gold blue, burgundy, white, and green lacquer, powdered gold. Each is forming shapes of squares, triangles and flower designs.
Bottom view of the pen. It has a design of a flower outlined in gold lacquer, and filled with white mother of pearl pieces. The center is a circle cut from abalone shell.
Close up to the fountain pen nib. Its color is yellow-gold.
View of the Fountain Pen resting in its brown wood presentation box. Placed on a black background. The design of the box may vary per pen.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Front view of the Splendors of the Orient Pen. The AP Limited Editions logo is featured on the left of the pen. To the right the text reads: Splendors of the Orient Maki-e Lacquer Art, The Connoisseur, A Limited Edition of Nine Pens.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Front view of the Fountain Pen with the cap set to the side on a white background. A series of intricate geometric-styled designs surround the pen. A combination of gold powders, raden, and other techniques were used in the making of the pen.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Side view of the fountain pen on a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Close up to a section of the pen on a white background. It is composed of small pieces of raden set on a grid of squares. Each square has a design made of gold lacquer.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Close up to a section of the pen on a white background. A ring composed of raden (abalone shell) pieces frames a detailed geometric design painted in gold lacquer.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Close up to the grip section, the fountain pen nib, and the top of the cap, which is placed next to the pen on a white background. The grip section features a ring composed of small abalone shell pieces. The nib has an engraving of the AP logo and the 18K - 750 Gold stamp.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Front view of the Fountain Pen with the cap on. Set on a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, View of the Fountain Pen with the cap set to the side on a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Side view of the Fountain Pen with the cap on. Set on a white background.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Close up to an end of the pen. A series of intricate, geometric patterns decorate it in different colors of gold blue, burgundy, white, and green lacquer, powdered gold. Each is forming shapes of squares, triangles and flower designs.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Bottom view of the pen. It has a design of a flower outlined in gold lacquer, and filled with white mother of pearl pieces. The center is a circle cut from abalone shell.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, Close up to the fountain pen nib. Its color is yellow-gold.
  • Load image into Gallery viewer, View of the Fountain Pen resting in its brown wood presentation box. Placed on a black background. The design of the box may vary per pen.

AP Limited Editions "Splendors of the Orient" Fountain Pen

$32,200.00
$32,200.00
Retail - $46,000.00
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AP Limited Editions "Splendors of the Orient" Fountain Pen

"AP Limited Editions presents Splendors of the Orient, one of the finest features in Maki-e and Raden craft ever produced, a grand work of art that salutes the unparalleled mastery of one of our favorite Maki-e artists.

This masterpiece displays inlay of the tiniest pieces of varied colors of mother of pearl that are precisely placed into geometric patterns in perfect precision and synergy adorned with 18 karat Gold powders and exquisite patterns of colored Urushi.

Solid and striking, precise and perfect, Splendors of the Orient is an immutable testimony to the vast potential of the artistry of Maki-e and the spectacular skill of the Maki-e shi."

The Splendors of the Orient is AP Limited Editions' most ambitious creation thus far. It is a large eyedropper fountain pen from the Maki-e Connoisseur Series. It has been authored by world-renowned Maki-e artist: Kosetsu San, also known as Tatsuya Todo. 

This pen is a marvel in Maki-e with the very highest levels of Maki-e technique on the pen.

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