One of a pair recently discovered, this ” Leaping Frog” lantern possesses its original hand painted green surfaces- a hard to find original that emits brilliant night light

Brilliantly designed and a handsome lantern to admire at night…..

Japan, this handsome quality old style “leaping frog” iron garden lantern is an exceptional find and an authentic old work of art. It survives with its original hand painted green colored legs and two charming original dark glass eyes that make it especially desireable.

Created to original eponymous master craftsmanship standards, this wonderful frog is an especially scarce lantern style and will be highly coveted in years ahead. Many of our customers may conveniently place LED or a tea light inside the bottom of the main section – which holds a tea light or candle- making a romantic and enjoyable decorative accent for entertaining friends and family.

In a convenient portable size, it may be installed on any surface.

Substantial Dimensions: 12.5 inches long and 7 inches wide.

Good indoor or garden candidate with attractive and prolific pierced perforations that burst with shining light at night. This rare frog is an ideal accent size for your favorite indoor display, or for a special outdoor garden space.

Provenance: Old American Japanese garden.

One of a pair currently available.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity.

Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as 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.

History of Japanese lanterns:

In Japan a to¯ro¯ (lantern) is a traditional lantern made of stone, wood, or metal. Like many other elements of Japanese traditional architecture, it originated in China. In Japan, to¯ro¯ were originally used only in Buddhist temples, where they lined and illuminated paths and lighted lanterns were then considered an offering. In its complete, original form the lantern represents five elements of Buddhist cosmology: Bottom touching the ground, represents chi, the earth, the next section represents sui, or water, ka or fire, is represented by the section encasing the lantern’s light or flame, while fu¯ (air) and ku¯ (void or spirit) are represented by the last two sections, top-most and pointing towards the sky. These last two sections express the IDEA that after death our physical bodies will go back to their original, elemental form.