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Lot 401 · Ceramics置物
PAIR OF COLLECTIBLE FIGURINES “HINA-NINGYO” (EMPEROR AND EMPRESS)
Togo workshop, Akahada ceramics. Nara Prefecture, second half of the 20th century
Akahada ceramics; milky-white glaze, hand-painted in polychrome enamels, gold.
Estimate
5 000 – 8 000 ₽
- Set or pair
- Dimensions
Emperor height — 19 cm, Empress height — 16 cm.
- Description
A collectible decorative pair of figurines for the girls’ festival Hinamatsuri (Hina-ningyo), depicting the Emperor (Odari-sama) and the Empress (Ohina-sama) in formal ceremonial court dress. The figurines are made of traditional pale Akahada clay, covered with a soft milky-white glaze with a very fine crackle network, and painted by hand.
- Marks
On the base of the figurines is an impressed original workshop stamp with the inscriptions “Akahada-yama” (赤膚山) and the artist’s personal mark
“Togo” (東).