A PAIR OF CARVED WOOD SCULPTURES OF HINA NINGYO SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED KOUN TO

A PAIR OF CARVED WOOD SCULPTURES OF HINA NINGYO
SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED KOUN TO
Carved in sakura tree as a pair of the empress and emperor dolls (hina ningyo), the empress holds a fan wearing junihitoe and the emperor holds a detachable wood scepter (shaku) wearing offical robe, each set on a four-feet base, with a pair of decorating screens; incised signature on underside of each sculpture
6 in. (15.2 cm.) and 6 1/8 in. (15.7 cm.) with base
The screens 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high each
With a wood box dated and signed Showa ninen sangatsu futsuka, Teishitsu gigeiin Takamura Koun kore koku (Carved by the Imperial Household Artist Takamura Koun on March 2nd, 1927), sealed Taka Un no in and another seal; with an authentication slip signed by Takamura Tadashi (1933-2014) in April 2012