Vintage Japanese Ranma PAIR Cranes & Pines Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 67" Lamp ISBN 0804818584

ISBN 0804818584

A beautiful limited edition printed created by the artist Caroline Young in the 1990's titled "Beauty Unfolding Mystique"

With a blade length (teeth area) of 21

leaves and other auspicious patterns

lies covered by a fan

Vintage Japanese Ranma PAIR Cranes & Pines Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 67" Lamp ISBN 0804818584The Japanese Ranma is a decorative and functional carving used above a door way to allow airflow and light to pass though. They are exquisitely hand carved from sugi Japanese cedar. A typical ranma may be from 1 2" thick to 1 1 2" thick. These two are unusual in that the single pieces of wood carving extends beyond the boundaries of the edges in all directions in amazing detail. It is approximately 67" x 15" x 1. 25" and weighs in at about 10lbs