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Japanese Antique “Minka” House Stone Lantern, Hand-Carved, Fine Quality
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From our Recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels.
Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space with this treasure from Japan!
This is a two-piece carving of one of Japan’s great historic architectural forms – the minka or Kusaya farmhouse crafted as a wonderful and useful stone lantern.
Hand-carved from solid granite and sourced from an old Japanese garden,
it measures 20 inches high and 19 inches wide, is portable (two pieces), and boasts a wonderful aged patina.
This is a fine quality example with an amazingly detailed roof line – visually beautiful and appealing.
Many of our customers place oil 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 or outdoor garden space. Notice the very nice patina from age.
This lantern is one-of-a-kind and comes from an old Northern Kyoto Japanese garden.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. All our Asian works of art are accompanied by our lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
We are members of NAJGA-North American Garden Association.
We have been dealing in authentic Japanese and Chinese Fine art, antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. The president personally travels to Japan and China 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. After accumulating a group, they are imported to Vermont and Maine in large containers. This method keeps shipping costs low and enables us to offer them to you at reasonable prices. We carefully pack and ship to clients all-over the USA and at reasonable shipping costs.
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