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Wooden Christ Altar Figure, 18th Century
Located in Culver City, CA
Wooden Christ Altar Figure
18th century
Carved and polychromed wood sculpture of a standing
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Carved Religious Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A wonderful antique religious carved wood and plaster Catholic Church altar figure. The large
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Large Antique European Carved Giltwood Church Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Baroque period monumental carved polychromed gilt wood church altar figure
Category
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Baroque Period European Antique Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque Period European antique hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure, 17th/18th
Category
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Antique Spanish Colonial Santo Religious Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
hand carved and painted santo religious folk art altar figure depicting "Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso
Category
Antique 19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Wood, Paint
Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of Angel (Gabriel), 18th century
Located in Austin, TX
Symbolism and craftsmanship aside, this Guatemalan Carved Wood Altar Figure of the Angel Gabriel
Category
Antique 18th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Folk Art Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Spanish Colonial period hand carved and painted santo church altar figure. Born in
Category
Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine hand carved santo altar figure sculpture. circa 1810
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Philippine Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 15.5 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
18th/19th Century Carved Painted Limewood Christ Child Altar Figure Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A superb antique European hand-carved and painted limewood Santo altar figure.
Born in Europe in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 16.5 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Baga Altar Figure or Mask Guinea
Located in San Mateo, CA
Baga anok altar mask from Guinea. This is probably last quarter of the 20th century and made for
Category
Late 20th Century Guinean Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure - religious folk
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood
H 10 in W 4 in D 4.25 in
Painted African Pende Altar Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
would provide aid in return for sacrifices. This figure would have been carved for the recipient of such
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th-century carved wooden figure likely depicts the Jade Emperor, the supreme monarch of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Bronze God of Wealth Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
worshiped during the Lunar New Year. This 19th-century Caishen figure would have been part of such a shrine
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Carved Painted Wood Reliquary Altar Figure Bust Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable pair of scarce large Italian Baroque period carved and painted wood church altar
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood
17th/18th Century Baroque Period Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Statue
Located in Forney, TX
realistic detailing, the exceptionally executed late 17th / early 18th century religious altar figure most
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Antique Spanish Colonial Silver Santo Crown
Located in Forney, TX
church altar figure, having a cross finial, pierced arches with foliate motif and finely engraved
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century French Carved Oak Tabernacle Curiosity Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
. Italian chest of drawers commode and Santo altar figure not included / available separately
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure in a Wooden Altar, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin in a wooden altar.
Made in traditional Catalan
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure in a Wooden Altar, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin in a wooden altar.
Made in traditional Catalan
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
No Reserve
H 34.26 in W 10.24 in D 7.49 in
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
H 19.5 in W 7.75 in D 7.5 in
Vintage Indian Jharokha Figural Elephant Wall Hanging Shelf Prayer Altar Window
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive red lacquer Rajasthani Jharokha (India) wall shelf or altar window. Hand carved from
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
H 39.5 in W 30.25 in D 8 in
17th Century Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine Carved Santo
Located in Forney, TX
(Spanish-Filipinos) hand carved hard wood religious altar figure presents splendidly, with scattered
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Hardwood
Figure Jason and Medea at the Altar of Diana, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1775
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large and impressive figural group showing Jason and Medea at the Altar of Diana. From Monnet’s
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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H 13 in W 5 in D 5 in
Chinese Polychrome Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
upon a traditional altar table to pay tribute to ancestors past. The figure is carved with detailed
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Spanish Colonial Archangel Polychrome Wood Santo Carving
Located in Forney, TX
Antique religious Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted archangel santo altar figure. circa 1800
Category
Antique Early 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Sculptures an...
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Altar God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese carved seated altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their ancestors
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist carved the figure
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Altar God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Ching Dynasty carved polychrome seated Taoist altar god was once used on the family altar to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Miniature Chinese Altar Display Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
) with clean lines and perfect proportions. Once used as a tabletop altar for ancestor worship, we love
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Pedestals
Materials
Elm
African Tribal Yoruba Beaded Ceremonial Crown Altar Headdress
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce large vintage African tribal beaded ceremonial crown altar headdress, the Yoruba peoples
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
18th/19th Century Tyrolean Eagle Giltwood Altar Stick
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most impressive Tyrolean antique hand carved and painted floor-standing torchiere altar
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Torchères
Materials
Gesso, Wood
A 17th century Roman Altar Cross after Guglielmo della Porta
Located in Leesburg, VA
present altar cross, likely of Italian Roman origin, reproduces a figure of Christ in gilt bronze, cast
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Religious Items
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture
By Juan De Mesa
Located in Forney, TX
displayed as an altarpiece / retablo or as part of a much larger reredo, directly behind the main altar at a
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Ebony Wood and Gilt Bronze Reliquary Altar Cross After Giambologna
Located in Leesburg, VA
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The present altar cross features a gilt bronze crucifix cast after a model by Giambologna, originally
Category
Antique 1690s Dutch Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Rustic Religious Stripped Wood Antique Santo Altar Figures
Located in Forney, TX
Santo church altar figures.
18th/early 19th century, primitive hand-crafted construction, finely
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Bronze Eagle on Altar Stick Sculpture Statue After Archibald Thorburn 17
By Archibald Thorburn
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive bronze eagle over an altar stick after Archibald Thorburn (Scottish 1860-1935
Category
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 16.5 in W 7 in D 6 in
Large 18th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Altar God of Guan Yu
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Ching Dynasty carved polychrome seated altar god is a representation of Guan Yu.
Guan Yu
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece, 19th/20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Seated Guanyin Altar Piece , 19th/20th Century
A large and impressive
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Dynasty Red and Black Lacquered 19th Century Altar Coffer Table
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red and black lacquered altar coffer table from the 19th century, with figural and floral
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Wood
H 40.5 in W 74.5 in D 18 in
Chinese Gilt Ancestor Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Benin-Style Bronze Figural Pipe Mouthpiece
Located in Chicago, IL
bronze objects were commissioned specifically for the ancestral altars of past obas (rulers) and Iyobas
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Nigerian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Traveling Altar Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja King of Wisdom Funno Son
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese traveling altar of Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja. I believe the object to be older
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood
H 9.25 in W 6.25 in D 4.75 in
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Okimono Bronze Figure of a Rat 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Japanese Okimono Bronze Figure of a Rat.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 6.25 in Width: 4.25 in Depth: 3.5 in
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
François Rude Attributed "Female Figure", Bronze Sculpture Signed
By Francois Rude
Located in Madrid, ES
François Rude (1784-1855)
attributed to
"Female Figure".
Bronze sculpture, signed.
Measures
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Catholic Virgin Mary Figure Glass Dome Monastery Work, Germany Altotting
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An antique glass dome with Virgin Mary figure and some other wooden and glass parts. It has also a
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Composition
H 6.75 in W 3.25 in D 2.75 in
18th Century Lying Female Figure Painting by Giovanni Domenico Molinari
Located in Milan, IT
Giovanni Domenico Molinari (Caresana, 1721 - Turin, 1793)
Lying Female figure
Oil on canvas
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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H 12.21 in W 18.12 in D 1.58 in
Superb F. Barbidienne Gilt, Patinated Bronze Napoleon III Figural Table Lamp
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
and a classical scene of maidens around an altar in the Ancient Greek tradition. Shaped black slate
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Important Olmec figure of Olmec ethnic dignitary from the preclassic period
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Olmec figure of Olmec ethnic dignitary from the preclassic period (2500-200 BC)
Important
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
H 2.76 in W 3.55 in D 9.45 in
Allegorical Sevres Bisque Porcelain Figural Clock Titled La Larcin De La Rose
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
”amour” loosely translated as the Altar of Love.
The stepped clock case is decorated with gilded
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
H 17 in W 14 in D 6.5 in
18th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Alter God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese carved seated altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their ancestors
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Alter God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese carved polychrome seated altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Thangka with the Portrait of a Tibetan Monk
Located in Chicago, IL
, gazing toward the teacher. Sitting before an altar, the patron also wears monk’s robes. The four deities
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings
Materials
Linen, Silk, Paint
Alter of Reason by Caleb Zipperer, cast bronze console table
Located in London, GB
The “Altar of Reason,” a console constructed from cast bronze, confronts Zipperer’s own absence of
Category
2010s European Console Tables
Materials
Bronze
Two Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain HeHe Groups Kangxi Period
Located in Dallas, TX
-hand figure wearing brightly enamelled yellow robes and holding a Buddha-hand citron and lotus stem in
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Mother Mary & Jesus, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
featuring Mother Mary with the infant Jesus Christ (faded and now almost a ghost-like figure) in her arms
Category
Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Metal, Tin
H 14 in W 10 in D 0.15 in
Akua'ba Ritual Fertility Doll
Located in Kastrup, DK
specific altar. Some time later, she will take this figure again and take care of it like a newborn baby.
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Petite Nepalese Heramba Ganapati Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass prayer figure is cast in the likeness of Heramba Ganapati, the five-headed
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Brass
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