Exquisite Hand Crafted Interior Lighting Lamp Emits Glow of Light

Japan, a finely hand carved and and crafted light lantern with exquisite details from the Showa period.
May be placed on any surface.

This handsome large Lantern was enhanced with new interior paper surround and new electric light with a 60 inch cord for dramatic visual enjoyment.

Dimensions: 20 inches high to top of finial and 14.5 inches square at top, two pieces

The striking and well proportioned older lamp possesses a Japanese craftsmen label / signed on the interior by its maker.

Notice the well delineated and detailed surfaces and sides crafted with astonishing rippling details. The top boasts an attractive old Japan minka farm house style.

Quality hand carved.

Dimensions: 20 inches tall and 14.5 inches at top

Provenance: Old Japanese collection

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

We have been dealing in authentic Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels to Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.

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 lighting and lantern windows to increase reflection of candles placed inside them.