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Property from a private collection, Kansas City

A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO
SIGNED HISAHIDE SAKU AND NORIYUKI (HAMANO NORIYUKI II; 1771-1852), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and kirikane with a Ranryo-o dancer applied in gold, interior with fine nashiji
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long
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Ranryo-o is one of the Japanese gagaku performances based on the story of a handsome Chinese Prince Lan Ling Wang from Northern Qi Dynasty.

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