A model of a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting a tapering baluster vase on its back, the vase painted and gilt with Kannon and rakan in a rocky landscape -- 13¾in. (35cm) high, signed Shokado; and a model of Kannon seated on the back of an elephant, the figure wearing flowing robes decorated with mon and scrolling foliage -- 7½in. (19cm) high, Signed Dai Nippon Satsuma yaki Yasuda, (the latter with head broken and restuck, one hand missing, chips to extremities.)

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A model of a recumbent caparisoned elephant supporting a tapering baluster vase on its back, the vase painted and gilt with Kannon and rakan in a rocky landscape -- 13¾in. (35cm) high, signed Shokado; and a model of Kannon seated on the back of an elephant, the figure wearing flowing robes decorated with mon and scrolling foliage -- 7½in. (19cm) high, Signed Dai Nippon Satsuma yaki Yasuda, (the latter with head broken and restuck, one hand missing, chips to extremities.)
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