By Mori Homei, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each standing barefoot in a belligerent pose and fixed to a rectangular lobed base, holding up the hem of his robe with one hand and holding aloft an lelaborate handled vessel surmounted with a shishi finial with the other, their robes engraved with a dragon partly obscured with clouds; each signed on the base Mori Homei within a rectangular reserve. Overall height: 43.5cm (17 1/16in). (2).