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Altar Food

19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
A early 19th century Altar table with carved apron, spandrels, and round legs having a solid one
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Elm

19th Century Chinese Altar Table
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
H 33 in W 41 in D 13 in
Chinese Cinnabar Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
richly toned cinnabar finish, the lacquered table once supported lush offerings of flowers and food as
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Pine

Chinese Cinnabar Altar Table, c. 1900
Chinese Cinnabar Altar Table, c. 1900
H 33.75 in W 47.5 in D 16.5 in
Set of Four Food Offering Mingqi Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
. Here, the míngqì altar display of food symbolizes abundance. The ceramic sculpture is coated with a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Trailing Clouds Altar Sideboard, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Topped with offerings of food, burning incense, and painted images of the deceased, this enchanting
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Elm

Japanese altar in lacquer, Edo Period (1603-1868)
Located in PARIS, FR
Portable altar in black lacquered wood, opening with two doors revealing the Goddess Benzaïten
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metallic Thread

Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
worship and would have been placed at the center of an altar laden with food offerings and burning incense
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Green and Ochre Glazed Altar Table with Offerings, Ming Dynasty, 15~16th Century
Located in seoul, KR
(Height) Provenance : Acquired in 1999, Hongkong * Altar tables with offerings Altar tables with
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Antique Korean Small Table Soban Gangwon Do Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder and altar table. Its small and low
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Furniture

Materials

Wood

Footed Dish, 19th Century Famille Rose, China
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serving Pieces

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
and richly toned, the lacquered table once supported lush offerings of flowers and food as part of
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Side Tables

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Antique Korean Lacquer Wood Soban Table Joseon Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
primarily as individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Famille Rose Footed Offering Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Korean Lacquer Wood Soban Table Joseon Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder and altar
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with God of War, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Ming Dynasty 15th or 16th Century Chinese Glazed Terracotta Funeral Table Mingqi
Located in Yonkers, NY
food in dishes. Created in China during the Ming Dynasty, this terracotta funeral table showcases a
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Ming Dynasty 15th or 16th Century Glazed Terracotta Funeral Table Mingqi
Located in Yonkers, NY
food and drinks. Created in China during the Ming Dynasty, this terracotta funeral table showcases a
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with Mythical Figures, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Religious Polychrome Gilt Wood Cast Iron Tabernacle
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique European religious polychromed gilt wood and cast iron mounted church altar
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Antique 19th Century European Empire Revival Cabinets

Materials

Iron

Femme dan les sous-bois, 19th Century Adolphe MONTICELLI (1824-1886)
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Blackwater, GB
local shopkeepers - simple, everyday people, lovers of good food and ritual drinkers of absinthe. He
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19th Century Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Japan 1890 Meiji Period Signed Assembling of Okimono with a Group of Skeletons
Located in Miami, FL
composition is arranged freely displayed on the wood base including a woven basket, apparently with food and
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
passing pilgrim, and each beggar's right Was food, and rest, and shelter for the night. But, more than
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

Woman, Austria, Material, Bronze and Marble, Sign, K. Sterrer Wiens
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
altar wall of the Seipel-Dollfuss Memorial Church. Member of the Kunstlerhaus (1910-1931). Resident
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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21st Century Contemporary Minimal White Velvet Bench With Black Lacquered Base
Located in Porto, PT
Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects. Materials: Uphols...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches

Materials

Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood

Fine Black Lacquer Console Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine black lacquer console table with four drawers, waterfall legs, brass fitting, elegant and simple form, beautiful lines. We carry fine quality furniture with elegant finished and...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Fine Black Lacquer Console Table
Fine Black Lacquer Console Table
H 32 in W 46 in D 14 in
Tadao 120 Concrete Contemporary Low Console, Ardesia Cement Made in Italy
By Gaia Rebecchini, Laura Mochi Onori, Lorenzo Rebecchini
Located in Rome, Lazio
The Tadao line, created in homage to the famous architect with whom we share a minimalist approach and the creative use of the material, is the perfect synthesis of our philosophy: o...
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2010s Italian Modern Console Tables

Materials

Concrete, Cement

Original 19th C Chinese Partly Red Lacquered Three Drawer Storage Console Table
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This is a rarely seen authentic 19th century Chinese console table with three drawers under which there is a storage compartment. The top and the front is red lacquered, the ends are...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture

Materials

Brass

Drexel Heritage Chinoiserie Console Table, Drawer and Glass Top
By Drexel
Located in Miami, FL
Drexel Heritage Chinoiserie Console Table, Drawer and Glass Top Offered for sale is a Drexel Heritage console table with black lacquered painted Chinoiserie details. The top portio...
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Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Console Tables

Materials

Brass

19th Century Console Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese console table. Three drawer thin console table elegant refined lines with ring pull handles. Detailed arch apron top of legs tapering to horse hoof feet. Very go...
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Elm

19th Century Console Table
19th Century Console Table
H 35 in W 46.5 in D 17 in
Maya Redware Turtle Bowl, c. 600-900 AD
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite redware bowl is attributed to Maya culture and shows many telltale signs of Pre-Columbian pottery. Speckled with imperfections, the vessel's war...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Decorati...

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Cloud Spandrel Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century Chinese altar table expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a simple silhouette. Minimally decorated, the table is constructed with straight legs an...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Console Tables

Materials

Lacquer, Pine

Pre Columbian Colima Dog Ancient West Mexico Latin American Antiques Art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Colima Dog Ancient West Mexico Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima Ancient Mexico C 200 BC –400 AD A attractive seated Colima dog vessel with a flared spout on the hea...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Tlaquepaque Tonala Jug, Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico, C1940
By Pre-Columbian
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully decorative earthenware jug from the Tonala valley, depicting a ‘Tlaquepaque’ scene with the most beautiful glazed artisanal composition. Graphic vivid colours depicting...
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Vintage 1940s Mexican Folk Art Pitchers

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Peru Pre-Inca 900 / 1470 AD Chimu Pre Columbian Vessel In Earthenware Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
A pre-Inca Chimu culture, pre Columbian vase in earth ware. This beautiful little vessel vase, was created in the northern Peruvian region by the Chimu culture between the 900 / 1...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. The wide, globular body of the vessel ...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Epitaph for Quirinia Felicia
Located in London, GB
A rectangular marble slab carved with the Latin inscription ‘QVIRINIAE C(retr.) L / FELICLAE / OLLAM DAT / C VALERIVS PYLODAMVS’, which translates as ‘Gaius Valerius Pylodamus gave t...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Epitaph for Quirinia Felicia
Epitaph for Quirinia Felicia
H 5.01 in W 6.82 in D 1.38 in
Framed Collection of Mesoamerican Pre-Classic Period Sculptures & Arrow Heads
Located in New York, NY
Incredible collection of pre-columbian clay sculptures / figures / statues / pottery, mounted and framed. The pieces date from the pre-classic (Formative) period of Meso-American cul...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier North American Pre-Columbian Figurative...

Materials

Clay, Precious Stone, Hardwood

19th Century Rustic Console Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century rustic console table. Antique rustic three drawer console table. Chinese Elm wood with three drawers set on tapered legs terminating to hoofed feet. Wonderful time endur...
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Elm

19th Century Rustic Console Table
19th Century Rustic Console Table
H 33.5 in W 39.5 in D 15 in
Chinese Square Corner Locking Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, the simple design of this low locking chest celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Crafted from reclaimed elmwood, the cabinet i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Chinese Square Corner Locking Cabinet
Chinese Square Corner Locking Cabinet
H 31 in W 22.75 in D 13 in

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Dragon Altar Console Table
Located in Merrimack, NH
narrow and long classic Chinese table was used as altar table to hold food and flowers offering to family
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Dragon Altar Console Table
Dragon Altar Console Table
H 34.4 in W 102.4 in D 15.7 in
Antique Shanxi Phoenix Altar Table
Located in Merrimack, NH
Chinese culture) side panels make this antique Chinese altar an beautiful console table in living room
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Antique 1850s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Antique Shanxi Phoenix Altar Table
Antique Shanxi Phoenix Altar Table
H 36.1 in W 96.5 in D 13.3 in
Chinese Pottery Table
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Ming Dynasty miniature altar table with six offerings, including vase, candle holder, food
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Pottery Table
Chinese Pottery Table
H 6 in W 9.5 in D 6.5 in
18th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Elm Occasional Wine Table with Great Patina
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
the house or garden. They could be used to serve food and drinks when guest arrived, place offerings
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Furniture

Chinese Altar with Humpback Stretchers
Located in Chicago, IL
with flowing lines, a sense of lightness and amazing durability. This altar table from 1850 is a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Altar with Humpback Stretchers
Chinese Altar with Humpback Stretchers
H 33 in W 58.75 in D 13.75 in
Chinese Solid Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant Chinese altar table features a single-plank top of solid elmwood and large well-formed
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Chinese Solid Elmwood Altar Table
Chinese Solid Elmwood Altar Table
H 34 in W 88.25 in D 13.25 in
Chinese Woven Offering Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Reed, Lacquer

Chinese Woven Offering Basket, c. 1900
Chinese Woven Offering Basket, c. 1900
H 5.25 in W 15 in D 13.75 in
Chinese Woven Offering Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Lacquer, Reed

Chinese Woven Offering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Reed, Lacquer

Chinese Woven Offering Basket
Chinese Woven Offering Basket
H 4.75 in Dm 14.5 in
Early 20th Century Chinese Woven Field Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Willow

Early 20th Century Chinese Woven Field Basket
Early 20th Century Chinese Woven Field Basket
H 4.25 in Dm 14.25 in L 4.25 in
Chinese Woven Field Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Willow

Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

Materials

Lacquer, Reed

Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
H 4.75 in W 15 in D 14 in
Chinese Woven Tray Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

Materials

Willow

Chinese Woven Tray Basket, c. 1900
Chinese Woven Tray Basket, c. 1900
H 4.25 in W 14.25 in D 14.25 in
Early 20th Century Woven Offering Tray Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets

Materials

Reed

Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
H 2.5 in W 4.5 in D 3.5 in
Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
H 2.5 in W 4.5 in D 3.5 in
Pair of Japanese Gilt Offering Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
religious figures. Used to display offerings of food and beverages, this pair of altar stands would be
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20th Century Japanese Tray Tables

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Pair of Japanese Gilt Offering Stands
Pair of Japanese Gilt Offering Stands
H 4.5 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Chinese Walnut Offering Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional design, smaller, recessed leg tables such as this were multipurpose, used as domestic altars
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Walnut Offering Table, c. 1900
Chinese Walnut Offering Table, c. 1900
H 30.75 in W 38.25 in D 17 in
Pair of Chinese Footed Offering Bowls with Celestial Dragons, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruits, baked goods, and other foods
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Gilt Offering Bowl, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
vessel atop a home altar, piled high with fruits, sweets, and other foods. The papier-mâché bowl is
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Paper

Chinese Gilt Offering Bowl, circa 1850
Chinese Gilt Offering Bowl, circa 1850
H 1.75 in W 5.75 in D 3.5 in
Early 20th Century Chinese Painted Qilin Sideboard
Located in Chicago, IL
family altar on which offerings of food and incense would be placed to honour family ancestors
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Early 20th Century Mongolian Folk Art Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Chinese Buddha's Hand Citron Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Famille Rose Footed Offering Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Ancestor Wine Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
, serving food or tea, or as a gathering spot for drinking rice wine. The narrow form of this particular
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Ancestor Wine Table, c. 1900
Chinese Ancestor Wine Table, c. 1900
H 33 in W 39 in D 15.5 in
Chinese Famille Rose Footed Offering Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Serving Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Large 75 X 45" Monumental Expert Framed Antique Chinese Ancestral Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
altar within the home where descendants burned incense, placed food offerings, and kowtowed to the image
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gouache

Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with Gathering of Immortals, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other foods. The cartouche
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A late 18th Century Statuary and Sienna Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
paterae (these were in ancient times, metal dishes used to provide food and left on the altars as
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Fireplaces and Mantels

A late 18th century Neo Classical marble chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
with circular paterae (these were in ancient times, metal dishes used to provide food and left on the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Siena Marble

Miniature Chinese Altar Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisitely carved altar table played an integral part in home ancestral worship. Supporting
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Poplar

Miniature Chinese Altar Stand
Miniature Chinese Altar Stand
H 6.5 in W 25.5 in D 7.25 in
Stoneware Tomb Altar Model Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware model of an altar used as funeral object in the tomb, circa Ming dynasty, China (14th
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Mid-Century Carved African Dogon Marriage Stool Altar Bench Tribal Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
innumerable sites of worship, personal or family altars, altars for rain, altars to protect hunters, in market
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Hardwood

Early 20th Century Chinese Woven Field Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

Materials

Willow

Framed Vintage Chinese Erotic Print
Located in Chicago, IL
distinctly Qing dynasty interior, featuring a marble-top altar table bearing books, food offerings, and a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Prints

Materials

Paper

Tibetan Lotus Offering Bowl Solid Brass
Located in Somis, CA
. Such a bowl is placed on the altar, holding flowers, rice, or vegetarian food as an offering to Buddha
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20th Century Tibetan Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tightly woven of natural reeds, this neat basket likely contained offerings of food, money, and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets

Materials

Reed, Lacquer

Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
Chinese Woven Field Basket, c. 1900
H 4.75 in W 14.25 in D 14.25 in
Chinese Petite Gilt Persimmon Jar, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
dish upon a home altar, placed alongside spiritual icons, incense, and food. The jar's rounded sides
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Petite Persimmon Chrysanthemum Jar, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
dish upon a home altar, placed alongside spiritual icons, incense, and food. Cloaked in a brilliant
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Floral Offering Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Gourd Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Gourd Offering Fruit
Chinese Gourd Offering Fruit
H 2 in W 4 in D 4 in
Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with Scholars' Objects, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before an altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Buddha's Hand Citron Offering Fruit, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Famille Rose Footed Offering Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Serving Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

19th C. Mexican Retablo "El Nino De Atocha" c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
who lacked basic necessities including food and water. Only missionary children were allowed to visit
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Antique 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with Gathering of Immortals, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Small Korean White Ceramic Stem Dish Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
altar. Although without inscription, we can't rule out that it could be a household item for occasions
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Antique 19th Century Korean Archaistic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Siberian Ice Age Cave Bear Skeleton
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Caves once inhabited by Neanderthals have been found containing cave bear skulls set upon rock altars
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Russian Other Scientific Instruments

Siberian Ice Age Cave Bear Skeleton
Siberian Ice Age Cave Bear Skeleton
H 14.75 in W 15.5 in D 36 in
Village Ochre (Roussillon Provence France landscape)
By Roger Mühl
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Stoskopf School of Rennes 1952 Ostheim temple, its altar and on the front the Christ with the children
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1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Adoration of the Magi" Monticelli C.19th French Pre-Impressionist Religious
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
of good food and ritual drinkers of absinthe. He attended the opera and the Italian pantomime, highly
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Les Baigneuses - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Adolphe Monticelli
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
of good food and ritual drinkers of absinthe. He attended the opera and the Italian pantomime, highly
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1870s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique 18th Century Carved Baroque Candlesticks Silvered Giltwood, circa 1750
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
magnificent large pair of 18th century carved wooden Baroque church altar candlesticks circa 1750, the wooden
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Antique 1750s Spanish Baroque Candlesticks

Materials

Giltwood

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Altar Food For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the altar food you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each altar food for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and wood. Your living room may not be complete without an altar food — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each altar food bearing Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one altar food that is appealing in its simplicity, but Adolphe Monticelli produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Altar Food?

Prices for an altar food can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $258 and can go as high as $30,000, while the average can fetch as much as $680.