Pair of Large Antique Japanese Gilt Copper Lanterns

A pair of Hollywood Regency style gilt brass and glass octagonal form multi light lanterns.

A Pair of highly important and large Magnificent Antique French Louis XVI style figural gilt bronze mounted hand carved rouge marble multi arm candelabras of exquisite craftsmanship ...

An elegant pair of Japanese cast and lacquered bronze pagoda lanterns, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan. The lanterns a true pair, with mirrored decorations and lantern doors opening in opposite directions. The lanterns of traditional toro form, cast in bronze, and lacquered. Each lantern comprised of three parts - the "roof", the "fire box", and the pedestal. This type of pedestal lantern is called a dai-doro, as opposed to the hanging lantern type, tsuri-doro. The hexagonal roof of the lantern, reminiscent of temples or pagodas, features a wonderful, dense cloud pattern with three heart-shaped cutouts, known as inome, or boar's eye. The roof topped by a hoju, the Buddhist flaming Jewel of Wisdom. Each of the six corners feature a fantastic shachihoko, mythical beasts with the face of a tiger and body of a fish. Bells are suspended from the shachihoko. The globular body of the lantern features four pierced panels with the three leaf hollyhock mon of the Tokugawa clan surrounded by a karakusa pattern of scrolling vines. One panel serving as a hinged door with a lock stylized as the Three Jewels...

Rare pair of large Venetian lanterns of hexagonal form in stamped and gilded copper. Model finely worked with acanthus leaves, friezes of ovals and enriched with garlands of flowers,...