Altar Box
Japanese Lacquered Box / Altar Table, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese lacquered altar table / box, Showa period, 1937.
Teak and Cedar, lacquered in read
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Meiji Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Famille Rose Diminutive Altar Fruit 'Peach' Box, Rare
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Famille Rose Diminutive Altar Fruit 'Peach' Box, Rare
China, Late Qing period 1890
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
H 2.25 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
Luc Tuymans, Altar (for Documenta 11) - 2002, Light Box, Signed Print
By Luc Tuymans
Located in Hamburg, DE
Luc Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958)
Altar (documenta 11 edition), 2002
Medium: Frame box with 3D
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
$8,616
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Pine Box Keno with Tired Pussy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
figure reclined in her self-made shrine—a pine box casino altar—lit only by the flickering promises of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Rare Tibetan or Mongolian Gau Box Front with Garuda and Guardian Lion - Buddhist
Located in Fukuoka, JP
spiritual, and to invoke blessings. Worn close to the body or placed on altars, Gau boxes housed sacred
Category
Antique 19th Century Tibetan Religious Items
Materials
Silver
$1,260
H 0.79 in W 2.76 in D 3.55 in
Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to resemble a scroll-form altar table, this narrow footed box has an elegant silhouette
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
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Carved Altar Box
Located in New York, NY
Used as an altar, this carved wooden box features celestial musicians (probably the Buddhist
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mexican Nicho Altar with Saint Roch
Located in Biarritz, FR
Charming altar box of Saint Roch, Mexican art in wood painted with good patina.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare Collection of 19th Century Tibetan Reliqueries
Located in Washington, DC
" is a portable altar, shrine, or prayer box used while traveling. The Tibetan prayer box was used
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Wood Viaticum Cabinet and Home Altar Box
Located in Burton, TX
This Early 20th Century Wood Viaticum Cabinet and Home Altar Box is constructed with ornate details
Category
Early 20th Century American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Tibetan Lacquer Altar Box With Drawer on a Steel Stand / Console (RL)
Located in Centennial, CO
A beautiful antique Tibetan altar box with drawer sits on top of a custom made green metal stand to
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Chinoiserie Console Tables
Materials
Steel
H 39 in W 29.25 in D 11 in
19th Jewelery Box Altar Box Japanese Temple Cabinet lacquered red gilding Meiji
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
tablets. Wonderful piece of Japanese culture history.
Can be used as jewelry box, storage box.
Very
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 12.41 in W 9.26 in D 4.14 in
A Collection of Ten Chinese Altar Fruits and Boxes
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Collection of ten fruits both solid and two-piece boxes. They can be sold separately.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Paste
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Peach,
19th Century.
The Chinese porcelain oval
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Straits Chinese Lacquer and Gilt Painted Altar Offering Box
Located in Austin, TX
A large and fine Chinese lozenge shaped altar box made for use by the Peranakan (also called
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Chinese Altar Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
This small Fir Wood stand held sculptures, vases, and ritual objects. It was finished in oxblood-colored lacquer and decorated with a small painting depicting birds and flowers. Each...
Category
20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fir, Lacquer
Chinese Walnut Table Altar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
as a home altar for ancestor worship. The plank top surface is framed by everted ends and linked to
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit in the Form of a Buddha's Hand Citron
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Porcelain Altar Fruit Box in the form of a Buddha's Hand citron,
19th Century
The Chinese
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Original Retablo Box
Located in London, GB
conquistadors in the 16th century. Before bringing them to Peru, the boxes were used as portable altars by
Category
Vintage 1920s Puerto Rican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Crackled Lacquer Autumn Altar Box, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
other accessories. This box has four shallow drawers and was likely used atop a domestic altar to store
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Jewelery Box Altar Box Japanese Temple Cabinet lacquer Black gilding Meiji
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
. Wonderful piece of Japanese culture history.
Can be used as jewelry box, storage box.
Very elegant and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 10.04 in W 8.47 in D 4.53 in
Straits Chinese Lacquer and Gilt Altar Offering Box
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Chinese lozenge shaped altar box made for use by the Peranakan (also called Straits Chinese
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Southern United States African American Chip Carved Folk Art Church Altar
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Altar box is not attached.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Chinese Incense Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite incense box is crafted of fine huali rosewood and elegantly decorated with floral
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Japanese Rare Antique Pair Temple Gilt Lotus Flower Bouquets, Edo Period 19thc
Located in South Burlington, VT
altar.
Each original barkwood altar box includes a bouquet arrangement consisting of five finely
Category
Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 23 in W 16 in D 12 in
Mexican 20th Century Spanish Colonial Personal Christian Altar and Donation Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small wooden altar with a framed guilt framed print of Christ used for personal devotion and an
Category
Antique Early 1900s Mexican Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
H 11.75 in W 8 in D 8.5 in
Antique European Reliquary Altar Cabinet Oak Box Liturgical 19th Century Belgium
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique European reliquary altar cabinet oak box liturgical 19th century Belgium
~Direct from
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Dutch Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
H 38 in W 32 in D 10 in
Antique Italian Patinated Box-Wood Corpus Christi Altar Cross 17th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique Italian patinated boxwood "Christo Morto", Corpus Christi altar cross
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
H 15.75 in W 10.63 in D 3.55 in
Die Jüdische Schule Berlin 1939 Photolithograph Tracing Paper Taped Signed ed.60
By Christian Boltanski
Located in Surfside, FL
installations with light as essential concept. Tin boxes, altar-like construction of framed and manipulated
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
Offering Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Buddha Offering Altar Box
Category
Antique 19th Century Tableware
18th Century Spanish Colonial Altar Niche
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good 18th century Spanish colonial gilt-wood niche with painted doors depicting various saints.
Dimensions: 14 inches wide x 16.5 inches high x 8 inches deep. Measur...
Dimensions: 14 inches wide x 16.5 inches high x 8 inches deep. Measur...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Boxes
Materials
Wood
Altar/Offering Box
Located in Mexico City, DF
This lovingly constructed miniature altar and offering box to La Virgen Maria and child combines
Category
Antique 19th Century Mexican Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paper, Fabric
Life Sized Altar Boy Church Collection Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Having a hell of a time saving? Our pious faced lad will remind you daily to stick away a little something for eternity. Our papier mache friend sports real glass eyes for realism, a...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures
C. 1880 Chinese Famille Rose Altar Fruit Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These c. 1880 Chinese Export Famille Rose Altar fruit pieces are rare and beautiful as decorative
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
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Charlotte Perriand 'Applique À Volet Pivotant Double' Wall Light in Aluminum
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Charlotte Perriand 'Applique à Volet Pivotant Double' wall light in aluminum.
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$730 / item
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Chinese Carved Longyan Wood Stand, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
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Materials
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Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin' Lounge Chair in Wood and Leather, Brazil, 1970's
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Materials
Leather, Wood
$8,257
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Bitossi Ceramic Refrattaria Busts "Mother and Daughter" – Italy, 1970s
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Materials
Ceramic
$3,751
H 20.08 in W 8.67 in D 5.52 in
Chinese Barrel-Form Brass Urn with Traditional Archaistic Ornamentation and Lid
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Category
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Materials
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size 2' 6" x 4' 6" (76 x 137 cm)
Category
20th Century American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
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Materials
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Materials
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$41,884
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Glass, Art Glass
$3,054 / item
H 9.85 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
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$4,500
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal altar box for your home. Each altar box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, ceramic and metal. Your living room may not be complete without an altar box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An altar box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Altar Box?
Prices for an altar box start at $636 and top out at $10,000 with the average selling for $1,665.
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