These little cuties appear at once both innocent and rather mischievous, one wonders what they will get up to when one is not looking.They are a pair of Kuro-Raku Shuro, (Black Raku Ceramic Hand Warmers) containers filled with ash made to hold a burning coal for warming your hands.19th century, each is 23 x 21 x 18 cm (9 x 8 x 7 inches) and both are in overall fine condition.The character with a charred, matt finish has a scratch in the glaze on the left thigh.They come with the original wooden box lid titled Kuro Raku Usagi Shuro, Ji Saku (made by) and signed by tea master Ennosai Soshitsu, 13th generation head of Urasenkei Tea School (1872-1924).
