Heartfelt Welcoming Pair -Unusual Find!

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A special and unique matching pair of old pineapple “welcoming” designs and just look at their brilliant light bursting at night…..

Japan, this handsome quality pair (2) of old “Pineapple” motif tea garden lanterns are rarely encountered as a pair.
This simple exotic fruit is said to have been discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and has enchanted people for centuries- it is synonymous with a welcoming symbol of hospitality.

In a convenient portable size and displaying original attractive dark poly chrome paint, these lanterns may be suspended from the old loop or installed on any surface. Heavy hand cast, these beautiful lanterns are suitable for outdoor installation.

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

Good garden candidates- these are ideal accent sizes for a small outdoor or indoor Zen or Tea garden.

Provenance: Old American- Japanese garden.

Many of our customers place oil candles 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.

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.

We are members of NAJGA- North American Japanese Garden Association.

History of Pineapple:
This simple exotic fruit said to have been discovered by Christopher Columbus has enchanted people for centuries and is synonymous with a welcoming symbol of hospitality.
It is said that Christopher Columbus first ‘discovered’ pineapples in 1493 and before that indigenous peoples cultivated and transplanted the fruit (anana) throughout Central America where they were reportedly hanging them at entrances of their Dwellings to welcome strangers.

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.