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7" (18 cm.) and 10". Kami-bina (paper hina) pair for the Hina Matsuri Girl's Day display, in tachibina (standing hina) form, each crafted out of lacquer stiffened paper, with separately formed head of papier mache covered in gofun with painted details including a minimalist hikime kagihana (line eyes-dash nose) treatment, with a small red dot for a mouth, and stylized okimayu skybrows. The o-bina (lord) with his arms spread wide is wearing green hakama trousers with traces of a design and gold paper eboshi court-style cap with traces of hair; and the more diminutive me-bina (lady) in a cylindrical shape, with coordinated painted designs of peonies on a blue field and grasses, an additional band of raised dots in the auspicious kuyo (nine star) design and an obi tie belt bearing a tortoise shell pattern. Extensive wear, folking, loss of pigment. Edo Period, 17th century. Perhaps the oldest ningyo being offered in this catalog. Kami-bina in the tachi-bina style are the earliest forms of hina-ningyo and the precursor to all of the sumptuous forms to follow. Given their fugitive materials examples from this early date and in this state of preservation are exceedingly rare.