An Echizen Kogitsune Tsuba

SIGNED MATSUDAI NI KORE O NOKUSU KOGITSUNE, MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

细节

An Echizen Kogitsune Tsuba
Signed Matsudai ni kore o nokusu Kogitsune, mid Edo period (18th century)
The irregularly shaped forged iron plate carved and decorated with a design of dragons with tama in maru-bori, with a wood box
2 7/8in. (7.4cm.), thickness 6mm.

出版

Lundgren Collection, no. 174

拍品专文

The artist Kogitsune is thought to be related to Kinai, but no reliable details are recorded. Kogitsune tsuba designs are certainly similar to the 4th and 5th generations of Kinai, although the iron is significantly softer.