Beautiful tall original green paintred “Leaf and Vine” lantern- attractive eye catching shapes and handsome green color for your special garden.

Spectacular during the day, and even more spectacular at night- its enchanting artistic pierced four panels burst brilliant night light in all directions!

Gorgeous sinewy vine leaves galore decorate this sturdy lantern along with its original handsome light green painted surface. A complimentary glass candle holder will be included as photographed.

Japan, this handsome hand cast quality tea garden lantern will warmly welcome your guests.

In a convenient portable size and displaying exceptional hand caste vine and leaf decorations, it may be suspended from the loop seen at the top or installed on its sturdy square base on any surface. Heavy hand caste craftsmanship will hold up well in any weather conditions.

Warm original light green patina , lightly used, from appropriate age.

Dimension: 14 inches tall to top of loop and 8 inches wide

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

Provenance: Old American- Japanese garden.

Many of our customers place LED , 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.

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.