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It displays especially well at night with an LED candle. Just acquired, our Japan stone "Arts & Crafts" antique stone pathway lantern has its original patina from good age Wouldn't this antique garden stone lantern look perfect for your garden entry or pathway, pool, patio, or deck ?
Provenance: Private New England Collection acquired in 2005 in China from private collection Cheng Du, Sichuan Province. This tour de force could serve as the centerpiece in the finest indoor space, or private or public Chinese or Asian inspired garden or Buddhist art collection. The 18 Arhats (lohans) portray Buddha’s messengers and each Lohan cylindrical tier is unique. Oldest examples had simple round or square bases and then later octagonal or more stylistic forms like the “censer” type of base on this pagoda. Early examples were built in temples but by the 13th century they were found outside the temple complex. In China, its origins date to Buddhist missionaries who traveled the Silk Road. This tiered tower composition became popular all over Asia and its architectural form differed from region to region. Pagodas evolved from Indian stupas which were originally designed to hold the Buddha’s relics and textual paper sutras. This stone pagoda is a monumental work of art seldom seen in the west. All of our Asian works of art come with this Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee.Ĭhina antique monumental Pagoda Shrine with carved Lohans, 115" high, red sandstone, eight sections, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity: we unconditionally guarantee the origins provenance and our description and age. From extensive travel through out China, we have seen only one other pair similar to these and that pair carved in smaller scale. Monumental stone carvings of tigers are rare unlike more commonly encountered stone foo dog lions. Provenance: originally found in Fujian Province. Reference: 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, Schneible Fine Arts catalog Number 30, p. Likely utilized as spirit pathway tomb markers, this powerful, benign carved sitting effigies perched on haunches and front paws with round heads and faces exposing defined eye sockets, ears and two fangs a top bases that feature curled tails on side each whole atop a block shaped base and hand-carved from limestone whose surfaces show considerable weatherization from exposure and good age. China Monumental Pair (2) Stone “Spirit Pathway” Tigers, middle Qing period 1750-1850.ĭimensions: 115cm, 46” high and 60cm, 24” in width.
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