Each of these valuable fountain pens is a piece of art, masterfully crafted by use of the Maki-e technique. Maki-e is the art of Japanese lacquer painting and is renowned for its beauty and artistry. The number of pens is strictly limited.
Year
2011
Edition of 88 specimens
The four-leaf clover is one of the most famous good luck charms. According to an ancient European legend, anyone finding a four-leaf clover will also find happiness since, being very rare, it is considered to be a powerful talisman.
Each individual leaf of the four-leaf clover has a specific meaning: fame, wealth, faithful love, and glorious health. And, combined, are believed to bring good luck. The four parts of the clover indicate hope, happiness, heart, and health as well as the compass points – east, west, south and north – with the four guardian spirits of direction unified into one central point.
There is a million-to-one chance of finding a five-leaf clover – the individual parts of which are thought to bring love, wealth, health, luck, and success, as well as prosperity and fortune.
The Maki-e fountain pen “Four-Leaf Clover” depicts one five-leaf clover and six four-leaf clovers together with many three-leaf clovers and employs mother-of-pearl and cut-gold work, among other techniques, to vividly recreate this good luck charm.