Set of three blue and white porcelains, Hirado kilns, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) A pair of baluster vases glazed in blue underglaze with a painted landscape in the sansui style. The neck is decorated with two dragons in the round, coiled up to the start of the shoulder. The pavilion is modeled after lotus leaves. An imposing shishi is included, with the animal's head treated in a very figurative way, with exorbited eyes and a menacing mouth, open to powerful fangs. The paws rest on a ball with underglaze blue enamel details. Under the ball is engraved the mark Hirado san Mikawachi Imasuke - 平戸産三川内今助. H. vase: 36 cm; h. dog: 22 cm Small accidents.