KASUGA LANTERN
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Japanese-Style Garden
About this object
Sculptured stone Kasuga lantern with a molded columnar standard, on a natural rock base, collared in a banding of lotus petals. Supports a hexagonal paneled lantern with open and pierced apertures as well as solid panels with relief molded animals. Dome is surmounted by an inverted mushroom shaped finial on a narrow hexagonal base.
- Object name:
- KASUGA LANTERN
- Made from:
- Stone
- Made in:
- Japan
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 182.9 cm (72 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 72.62
- Class:
- GARDEN
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973