Large handmade model of a Japanese teahouse, probably dating to the late 1890s. It has been beautifully painted in black and gold. The teahouse is open on the front to show the interior walls, which have been decorated with painted folding screens, and a decorative wall hanging of a landscape flanked by two banners with text. The outside of the walls has been painted with decorations of a bamboo plant, closely resembling lacquerwork. The model further features typical Japanese architectural elements, such as a sloped, overhanging roof, a raised floor, and an engawa (veranda).
The edges are scuffed, with some cracks in the paints and a few losses, a few cracks in the wood at the bottom, a small loss of wood at the very top, part of the plinth inside is detached or missing, the gold paint is fading, the back wall is somewhat loose, but the structural integrity of the model is still fully intact.