A Japanese Kyoyaki okimono of a Shishi, Hayashi Mokuu (1901-1991), Showa period (1926-1989), circa 1950S, modelled in porcelain covered in a mustard yellow glaze, depicting an angry shishi ready to pounce. With an impressed mark to the base reading 'Mokuu'. Together with signed tomobako (original box), and white silk wrapping cloth sealed by the artist., 10.5 cm high, 16.5 cm wide.