Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Santo Niño de Atocha 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
Ex-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images typically portraying Christ an...
Metal, Tin
19th century Antique wooden Indian temple from India
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Rich in character and historical charm, this piece would have served as a sacred shrine or altar, making it highly desirable for collectors of antique Indian wooden temples, religiou...
Wood
Rare 14th-15th Century Japanese Wood Carved Baby Buddha Sculpture, Pre-Edo
Located in Ukiah, CA
This feature would have allowed the figure to stand securely on temple altars or household shrines. Comparable examples are extraordinarily scarce, and the present piece is unlike an...
Wood
Carved Indian Folk Wood Panel Sculpture of Parvati and Her Sons
Located in Nottingham, GB
Many were created for temples, shrines, and domestic altars, where depictions of deities and mythological figures embodied protection, prosperity, and spiritual guidance.
Wood
Chinese Export Trompe L'oeil Porcelain Model of a Peach
Located in Downingtown, PA
Porcelain models of fruit, often called "Altar Fruit," were placed on shrines to ensure that a "fresh" offering was always present for the ancestors or deities.
Porcelain
Etched Bronze Stupa, Sri Lanka, 18th/19th Century, Bell-Shaped Design
Located in Palm Springs, CA
These small-scale, portable forms served to spread Buddhist teachings, could be placed on home altars or in monastic shrines, and functioned as devotional objects for meditation and ...
Bronze
Ground Plan of Shwemawdaw Pagoda – Great Temple at Pegu, circa 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
At the bottom of the sheet, a comprehensive **“Uitlegging”** (Explanation) provides a key to 18 architectural and ritual features, including: * A: The central pagoda with its massiv...
Paper
Antique Chinese Carved Bodhisattva Figure Lotus Throne Architectural Fragment
Located in Forney, TX
From important historical relics, altar tables, altarpiece, reredos, tabernacle reliquary, Buddhist and Hindu statuary including full body Buddha, Buddha head or hand, life size myth...
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Post War Wood Turned Serving Bowl in Solid Hinoki Cedar, Occupied Japan, c. 1940
Located in Deland, FL
Traditionally, Hinoki was believed to invite good fortune and purify spaces, making it a preferred material for Shinto shrines, religious altars, and even bathhouses. Left in it's o...
Cedar
Pair 19th Century South German Baroque Painted Tôle Flower Lamps Electrified
Located in Epfach, DE
These lamps originate from the rich South German tradition of decorative church furnishing: their original use was as altar flower arrangements, a lasting and maintenance-free altern...
Sheet Metal
Antique Coronation of Mary Religious Chromolithograph with Gold, c. 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Technique: Chromolithograph Maker: German devotional publisher, late 19th–early 20th century Keywords: Antique Catholic print, Coronation of Mary, Coronation of the Virgin, Marian d...
Paper
Pair of Chinese Red and Gold Incense Stands, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-carved wooden pillars were once used to elevate burning incense in a shrine or altar display. An essential element of ritual prayer, incense is burned as a form of offerin...
Wood
Vintage Silver Plated Bronze Four Face Buddha Brahma Hindu Sculpture 20th C
Located in London, GB
He sits atop a lotus leaf; the lotus flower is commonly used for prayers at Thai shrines and altars. The shrine of the four faced Buddha was named the Erawan Shrine after Erawan, ...
Silver Plate, Bronze
Shore Patrol - Photorealistic Painting of a Dragonfly Hovering Over a Shoreline
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition ...
Acrylic, Panel
Small Size Antique Handcrafted and Carved Pine and Oak Home Wall Christ Crucifix
Located in Lisse, NL
This practical size antique could be the ideal crucifix for your shrine or home altar and this religious work of art will never fail to impress.
Oak, Pine
Au Sable Eagle - Photorealistic Portrait of a Female Bald Eagle, Framed
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition ...
Acrylic, Panel
$17,500
Calls in the Manitou Passage - Photorealistic Painting of Bald Eagle Screeching
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition ...
Acrylic, Panel
The Surprised Wood Duck - Photorealistic Bird Portrait, Yellow Background
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition ...
Acrylic, Panel
Screaming Young Kestral II - Photorealistic Bird Portrait, Cloud Covered Sky
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition ...
Acrylic, Panel
Urban Coyote - Highly Detailed Photorealist Painting of Coyote in Urban Setting
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition Ann Nathan Gallery, Group Exhibition Twisted F...
Acrylic, Panel
Grilling Guests - Photorealistic Painting of Summer Grilling Scene with Frogs
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition Ann Nathan Gallery, Group Exhibition Twisted F...
Acrylic, Panel