A Hirado blue and white koro and pierced domed cover with a shishi lion finial and demon handles supported on a central column entwined with a dragon, painted with shishi lion roundels -- 11½in. high; a reticulated tripod koro and cover with lion handles painted with bands of chrysanthemums -- 6in. high; a further tripod reticulated koro moulded with a dragon -- 5in. high; and a model of a dragon coiled around rockwork -- 6in. high. (4)

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A Hirado blue and white koro and pierced domed cover with a shishi lion finial and demon handles supported on a central column entwined with a dragon, painted with shishi lion roundels -- 11½in. high; a reticulated tripod koro and cover with lion handles painted with bands of chrysanthemums -- 6in. high; a further tripod reticulated koro moulded with a dragon -- 5in. high; and a model of a dragon coiled around rockwork -- 6in. high. (4)

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