Large and exceptional Japanese Yusoku-bina pair, well-modeled faces and hands, detailed blacked teeth, okymayu sky-brows, o-bina male wearing a blue gauze-weave konoshi jacket with plum blossom roundels, me-bina female wearing uchiki outer robe in a double-woven green silk with a repeating hanabishi diamond flower pattern, unusual lacquered sword case, wear to textiles.
Published: Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll; Ningyo: Antique Japanese Dolls from the Rosen Collection; and Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo,
Exhibited: Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, 2004, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, 2005
Ex-Collectis: Rosen Collection