A pair of Japanese giltwood Shishi / Komainu figures, Edo period (1603-1868), circa 18th/19th century, modelled as seated Buddhist guardian lions, one with mouth open, the other closed and with a crested head, both carved from joined wooden pieces, with gesso, polychrome pigments and gilding, and with inset glass eyes. The taller shishi 53 cm high, 22 cm wide, 45 cm deep