A Rare Echizen Tsuba by Kogitsune, Edo period (early 18th century)
carved and pierced in the form of a curled dragon, its head at the bottom, and with a flaming tama to one side, signed Matsudai nokoru kore Kogitsune; with tomobako, bearing a hakogaki by Dr Kazutaro Torigoe
7.5 by 7.3cm., 2 15/16 by 2 7/8 in.

dragon round