Exquisite Antique Interior Lighting Choice Emits Glow of Light

Japan, a good heavy hand cast bronze “bamboo” lantern with exquisite details from the Taisho (1920s) period.
May be suspended from its sturdy loop handle or placed on any surface as it includes heavy cast feet.

This handsome large Lantern was enhanced with a new interior paper surround and new electric light for dramatic visual enjoyment.

Dimensions: 10 inches high to top of loop handle and 9.5 inches diameter

The striking and well proportioned older bronze is fashioned in bronze as roof kasa and light chamber or base Hibukuro or kiso all with patina from good age.

Notice the well caste and detailed side panels of organic bamboo flora leaves. The top boasts an attractive diaper pattern with loop top handle.

Quality hand caste bronze, heavy.

Dimensions: 12 inches tall and 11.5 inches diameter

Provenance: Old Japanese collection

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our lifetime authenticity guarantee.

About Japanese lanterns.

Japan’s lantern tradition is a concept that was imported from India and has existed in Japanese temples and gardens since the 7th century.

Japan’s lantern tradition was originally conceived as entrance lighting and guardians to temples and pagodas and when lit served as an offering to Buddha. Some of the earliest stone lanterns were carved with Buddhist images on the firebox and usually had compartments for an oil lamp or candle. Later on, they became more secular in nature, and their use evolved as functional and decorative elements in traditional Japanese tea gardens where they served as a spiritual source of light for evening tea ceremonies. Often carved from granite stone, today’s vintage survivors serve as fashionable aesthetic elements in modern day Japanese and Asian inspired gardens. Today, during festivals and ceremonies, rice paper is often cut to fit stone lantern windows to increase reflection of candles placed inside them. Soon these paper lenses disappear and for one special evening and event, the glow is surreal.