* Large iron tsuba of kaku maru gata (square with rounded edges) form, decorated in sukashi, and gold nunome zogan in the nanban style of two dragons in the clouds, chasing the sacred pearl (hōju no tama) above the seppadai. This motif is characteristic of the nanban style made in the Hizen region. Handwritten label, former Reubell collection. Japan, mid-Edo period H. 9.9 cm - L. 9.2 cm