From our recent Japanese acquisitions, a rare pair

Beautiful pair night lights and with original hand painted colors

Japan, this handsome quality pair (2) of old Mallard Swimming Duck Decoy motif iron garden lanterns is a rare find and are authentic old works of art. Their surfaces survive in particularly pleasing tones with attractive evidence of original hand painted colors.

Created to original eponymous master craftsmanship standards, these wonderful ducks are hard to find -especially as a rare pair- and will be highly coveted in years ahead. Many of our customers place LED or candles or tea lights inside the bottom of the main section making a romantic and enjoyable decorative accent for entertaining friends and family.

In a convenient portable size, they may be suspended from loops or installed on any surface.

Dimensions: 12 inches tall to top of head and 8 inches wide.

Good garden candidate with attractive remnants of their original hand painted surfaces. These ducks are an ideal accent size for your favorite indoor space, or for outdoor display in a Zen or Tea garden.

Provenance: Old American, Japanese garden.

Their an excellent choice for your indoor or outdoor garden spaces.

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, to¯ro¯ 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.