A pair of Satsuma models of gamboling karashishi, each balancing a tapering baluster vase on its back, the vases painted and gilt with shaped panels of rakan and attendants among rockwork and warriors before retreats, all on dense geometric and scattered flowerheads -- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high, signed, (one leg broken and restuck, one ear broken.)

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A pair of Satsuma models of gamboling karashishi, each balancing a tapering baluster vase on its back, the vases painted and gilt with shaped panels of rakan and attendants among rockwork and warriors before retreats, all on dense geometric and scattered flowerheads -- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high, signed, (one leg broken and restuck, one ear broken.)
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