A rare wood powder flaskBy Ga'no (born 1789), Suo Province, first half of the 19th century
The flask of typically flattened form, simulating a leather pouch, carved on either side with scrolled panels, with a dragon amid clouds over swirling water in sunk relief, the upper part of ebony, the spout and stopper of buffalo-horn; signed Ga'no with a kao. 12cm (4¾in).注脚雲竜文木彫火薬入　銘 「臥農（花押）」　19世紀前期

Provenance:
George Lazarnick Collection.

Provenance:
Lazarnick, NIA, pp.75, 385.
Rokusho 20, p.83, no.123.
Earle, Huthart, p.173, no.149.