A Simple Tray Landscape
Yaupon Holly and Fukien Tea with Dwarf Mondo Grass ...
BONKEI tray landscape containing rocks and small accent plants as well as trees.
The success of your tray landscape depends heavily on the container:
think of it as a frame for a painting
preferred are earthenware or ceramic
sometimes used are cement, bronze, wood and copper ...
Penjing (Chinese: 盆景; pinyin: pn jǐng; literally "tray scenery"), also known as tray landscape, potted scenery, potted landscape, and miniature trees and rockery is the ancient Chinese art of growing trees and plants, ...
Pen-Jing then, means 'potted tray landscapes'.
Pun-Choi artists chose to focus on single tree subjects as opposed to forests. This involved the dwarfing of trees in containers over time.
Sound familiar?
The most unusual pot you will come across is the suiban. This pot is used in Saikei or Tray Landscapes ...
YAMADORI collected material
SUIBAN shallow water tray for display rock plantings
TOKONOMA traditional Japanese display area
BONKEI tray landscape containing rocks and small accent plants as well as trees.
 See also: Bonsai, Plant, Trunk, Saikei, Style
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