A fine old classic Pagoda Roof Lantern

Unique arched windows design.

Japan, this handsome rugged heavy hand cast quality old “Garden Windows” motif pagoda garden lantern is classic style and a great candidate for your special indoor or outdoor garden space.

From atop it’s artistic timbered roof lines, the six artistic pierced side panels – garden windows- burst brilliant night light in all directions!

In a convenient portable size and displaying its original attractive old surfaces ,it may be suspended from the old loop or installed on any surface.

Dimensions: 11.5 inches tall to top of loop and 9.5 inches wide to the tips of its roof timbers

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

Provenance: Old American- Japanese garden.

Many of our customers place LED, 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.

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.