Phenomenal Scratch Made Folk Art Cathedral with Fantastic Details Japanese box ) There is also a

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I really love the tiered form of it

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Chic and cheerful is this vintage Japanese (circa early 1940s) hand-painted ceramic wall pocket in the shape of a duck

Phenomenal Scratch Made Folk Art Cathedral with Fantastic Details Japanese box ) There is also aThis amazing thing! Definitely the most elaborate and exquisitely crafted of any folk art building I've had, and certainly inspiring my reverence! It was so much fun to photograph a rewarding process of close looking so photos do a pretty comprehensive job in documenting it. Surely this was modeled after a specific church, which its maker faithfully recreated, but I don't know the church. Constructed entirely of wood, with two different types of green