Showa era (1926-89), dated to 1951 Of carved wood, each...

Showa era (1926-89), dated to 1951
Of carved wood, each modeled in typical pose, seated alert on its haunches, its chest thrust forward and its body raised on its front feet with a bushy tail standing erect up its back, one with a jewel and the other with a scroll in its mouth; the eyes on both gilt with the jewel of one and the teeth of the other also gilt; each on an integral rectangular base carved to look like a stone pedestal; each signed on base Shōwa Nijū-roku-nen Hachi-gatsu Jū-hachi-nichi Sano Jōichirō-saku dating the pieces to August 18, 1951 (2)
15in (38.1cm) high, the tallest