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Miniature Japanese Tea House and Garden browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Folk Art:Pre 1940: item # 463695 Please refer to our stock # 11-321 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book $450 |
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| This delightful little house and garden tableau contains an incredibly detailed miniature Japanese tea house surrounded by a twig fence adjoined at the corner by a bamboo garden gate. Early to mid-20th century. The house has movable sliding shoji screen doors and windows and a large removable overhanging hipped roof. Next to the house is a separate little outhouse, complete with miniature fixtures. Crafted almost entirely of beautifully grained bamboo pieces which all fit together snugly, the level of detail in this wonderfully realistic model is superb. All joinery is done with wooden pegs. The exterior has two solid walls which both slide up. The other two walls have tracks holding sliding shoji doors and windows, which open onto a raised veranda with a railing. There are two hinged storage compartments on opposite corners of the building where miniature wooden outer shutter doors would be kept. Little square bamboo “stones” line the walkway, and a miniature garden lantern hangs from one of the eves above the veranda. When you lift up the “tiled” bamboo roof, it reveals a removable beamed ceiling. Beneath the ceiling is a six-mat room, with tiny removable bamboo “tatami mats. Against the back wall there is a tokonoma (alcove), in which hangs a miniature scroll above a tiny ikebana flower arrangement, and a low cabinet with sliding doors. This little gem of an architectural model, which comes apart like a puzzle, is in excellent condition. Dimensions: Base is 9 ½” x 7 ¾” x 1”’ high; house is 6 ½” x 5 ½” x 5” high. | ||||||||||||||
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