toy houses

Set of thirty-one pieces of painted pottery making up an Asian street scene. Consists of pagoda; temple; man in palanquin; bridge; two white steps; twelve straight sections of fences; four painted yellow; three green; three blue; and two pink; two corner sections of fence; one painted yellow; one pink; man sitting on log; man with two deer; two men playing board game; man with bird sitting on a model fish; child sitting on man's shoulders; three men; one deer; and two chickens.

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