Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first a model of a shishi seated on its haunches with both its forepaws resting on a reticulated brocade ball, its mane and tail highlighted in underglaze blue, 10.2cm x 19.1cm (4in x 7?in); the second painted in underglaze blue with a kingfisher perched on stems of reeds, the reverse inscribed with a poem and dated kinoe-inu (1934), signed on the base in underglaze blue Enmei; 27.4cm (10?in). (2).