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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9469240, member: 16283"]That's my lamp,but mine needs the chimney/globe upper glass assembly & bottom burner,reservoir,wick unit.There's lots of American & European ones that would prob fit-but i sure would like to find a Japanese unit.</p><p> I think this simple style of lamp would be called 'Mingei' or 'Folk Art/Folk Craft'.</p><p> I've only seen this one & another,thirty years ago in San Francisco.It's just a simple base of turned wood w/ a thick bamboo pillar. to hold the lighting assembly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9469240, member: 16283"]That's my lamp,but mine needs the chimney/globe upper glass assembly & bottom burner,reservoir,wick unit.There's lots of American & European ones that would prob fit-but i sure would like to find a Japanese unit. I think this simple style of lamp would be called 'Mingei' or 'Folk Art/Folk Craft'. I've only seen this one & another,thirty years ago in San Francisco.It's just a simple base of turned wood w/ a thick bamboo pillar. to hold the lighting assembly.[/QUOTE]
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