A rare pair (2) of “old brick water well” motif garden lighting lanterns

The roofs depicting flowering vines in original hand painted lavendar and pink floral colors.

And bursting with evocative night light (see photo)

Japan, this hard to find , handsome heavy hand cast quality water well motif tea garden lanterns are charming examples of the best Japanese design and craftsmanship.

In a convenient portable size and displaying exceptional hand cast and hand painted roof designs, they may be suspended from the loops or installed on any surface. Generous size windows delineate the side panels and the whole opoen to allow comfortable access for LED lights or candles.

Dimensions: 9 inches tall to top of loop handle and 4.5 inches wide

Good garden candidates- these are ideal accent sizes for your indoor gallery display or for your out of doors favorite garden space.

Provenance: Old American- Japanese garden.

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

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

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, 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.