From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels- new discovery, one of the most elusive lanterns

19th century

This is a tall five piece carving in solid granite of one of Japan’s great historic architectural forms – the mountain minka or Kusaya farmhouse crafted as a wonderful and useful stone lantern.

It is the first we have seen complete with its original custom carved tall base

Hand carved from solid granite and sourced from an old Japanese garden,
it measures 50 inches high and 20 inches wide, is portable (five pieces)

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.

“I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a landscape, almost any landscape, than in or on the most beautiful building I know…. Sculpture is an art of the open air, and sunlight is necessary to it. It should smile at you and create fantasy.”
— Henry Moore.

We have been dealing in authentic Japanese, Chinese, European, and Asian Fine art, antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels to Japan, Europe 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 in large containers. This method keeps shipping costs low and enables us to offer them to you at reasonable prices. We ship internationally.