A pair of Japanese lacquer Hina doll netsuke 19th/20th century

A pair of Japanese lacquer Hina doll netsuke 19th/20th century, the male figure with its arms outstretched, both dressed in long robes decorated with stylized foliage in hiramaki-e and silver on a ground imitating tortoiseshell, unsigned, 5.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.