An Exceptional Original Japanese Pair of Ichimatsu Dolls with Artist Signatures, Mid-1900s

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15" (38 cm.) Each with wood-composite socket head and lower arms and legs, lightly-tinted complexion, glass inset eyes, painted features, closed mouth; the boy has brushstroke painted hair, wearing silk brocade hakima trousers and black silk kimono with embroidered designs of fans; and the girl with black human hair wearing a red silk crepe kimono with embroidered details of fans, symbols and flowers, a cord-tied obi with exuberant fawn spotted bow at the back. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Japan, mid-1900s, each of the pair has a matching artist signature on the front torso, and were likely given as a wedding presentation set. The dolls are photographed in Japanese Dolls, The Fascinating World of Ningyo by Alan Scott Pate. Ex-Carabet Collection.