possibly late Edo period, each standing figure dressed in a flowing kimono, her hair held up with a comb, decorated throughout with bamboo trellis and flowers, iron red, gilt, and polychrome enamel decoration, 13-3/8 in.; each secured in a metal bracket; with a pair of American classical gilt wood wall brackets, floral drop finial, 12-1/4 x 13 x 8 in.

Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection

one with repair/retouch to hairdo, vertical hairline verso; scattered glaze flakes and small chips, scratches; brackets with some cracks and repair, dents, rubbing and losses to gilt, and other surface distress