Rare Original Hand Painted “Welcoming” Light Lantern, Mint Condition

Unusual find- An old beautifully hand painted “welcome” motif lantern – the first old original hand painted example we have seen and in excellent condition!

And just look at its pleasant beacon of light it emits at night!

Unique Old Pineapple design.

Japan, this handsome quality old “Pineapple” motif tea garden lantern is the first of it’s kind we have ever seen boasting its old pleasing hand painted colors of green and amber.

In a convenient portable size and displaying its original attractive poly chrome paint, it may be suspended from the old loop or installed on any surface.

Dimensions: approximately 10 inches tall to top of loop and 6 inches wide

Good garden candidate- this is an ideal accent size for a small outdoor or indoor Zen or Tea garden.

Provenance: Old Japan collection

Many of our customers place LED or tea lights inside the main section making a romantic and enjoyable decorative accent for entertaining friends and family. It’s a perfect choice for your indoor or outdoor garden space.

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

Schneible Fine Arts has been dealing in authentic Japanese fine 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.

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, toro 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.