stone lantern

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noun

(in Japan) an intricately carved lantern of stone, often placed in a garden or before a shrine.

a usually inexpensive reproduction of this, often made of cast metal.

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

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The little stone lantern I bought the day of the paeony flowers, is also green, with a faint haze of centuries over it!
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
On the right, at the foot of two or three steps that led to a higher bank, was a stone lantern such as you see in temple grounds.
Lafcadio Hearn|Nina H. Kennard
She had learned to walk on the soft sandy paths, she had spelled out her first characters on the old stone-lantern.
Little Sister Snow|Frances Little
The stone lantern which surmounts it, white and dazzling, looked as though it were suspended on high.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola

Note, besides other things, stone lantern, piscina with carved dog and bone.
Somerset|G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade