Ancestral Shrine
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Ancestral Shrines
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of early 20th century Chinese hand painted black lacquered ancestral shrines. Each shrine
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Small Antique Chinese Red Elm Ancestral Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
Small Antique Chinese Red Elm Ancestral Shrine
This hand carved and crafted antique Chinese
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Red Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine / Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Antique Chinese Red Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine / Altar
Made from durable elm wood
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
objects. It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancestral shrine. Its
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Two-Drawer Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
once used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial Confucian household. Incense, candles, and
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Temple Architectural Corbel Carved Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan ancestral shrines. The statues bring good lucky, and can be found in nearly every
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Paint
$6,500 / set
H 32.5 in W 19 in D 7.25 in
Indonesian Wild Boar Hunting Vest, Carved Bone Armour, Lombok, Mid-20th Cent
Located in London, GB
with their owners or dedicated to ancestral shrines. While direct written records specifically
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Organic Material
$3,912
H 24.41 in W 20.48 in D 3.94 in
Chinese Asian Giltwood Carved Ancestor Temple Shrine Emperor Figure with Tiger
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic wood and gilt decorated hand carved Chinese ancestral temple shrine Emperor figure with
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$495
H 12 in W 6 in D 5 in
Chinese Asian Giltwood Carved Ancestor Temple Shrine Emperor Figure on Animal
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic wood and gilt decorated hand carved Chinese ancestral temple shrine Emperor figure
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$479
H 10.5 in W 4 in D 4.25 in
Coconut Shell Carved Ritual Cup – Iatmul People, Sepik River, Png
Located in Bilzen, BE
extensive ritual use, likely as part of a ceremonial costume, ancestral offering, or suspended shrine object
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Antique Late 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Coconut
Pair of Chinese Bronze Tripod Censers, Qianlong mark
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
vessels for dedicating food, water and alcohol in regular offerings in shrines or ancestral temples to
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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Ancestral Shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A wonderful ancestral Shrine from Shaanxi Province, Northern China. Small tablets with names of
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
ancestral shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shaanxi province. A finely detailed ancestral shrine that once held small name plaques of past
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Ancestral Shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a beautiful ancestral shrine. It used to hold small name plaques of the ancestors of a family clan
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Religious Items
Materials
Elm
detailed ancestral shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A finely detailed ancestral shrine that once held small name plaques of past ancestors of a family
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
RARE ancestral Shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
very rare, finely detailed ancestral shrine that once held small name plaques of past ancestors of
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Religious Items
Antique Chinese ancestral shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Rare antique Chinese ancestral Shrine from Northern China, Shanxi region. Echoing architectural
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Cupboards
rustic ancestral shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a beautiful ancestral shrine. It used to hold small name plaques of the ancestors of a family clan
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
detailed handcarved ancestral shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a beautiful ancestral shrine. It used to hold small name plaques of the ancestors of a family clan
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
a rare ancestral shrine from China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a very rare example of an ancestral shrine which once contained name plaques of a family clan in
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Architectural Elements
Extremely Rare Original Condition Ancestral Shrine from China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a very rare example of an ancestral shrine which once contained name plaques of a family clan in
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Architectural Models
table top shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An antique lacquered taoist ancestral shrine from Northern China. Used to contain family or clan
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Late-Qing Dynasty Ancestral Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
by making important announcements before them and by offering food and drink. This ancestral shrine
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine
This hand carved and crafted Antique Chinese
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Religious Items
Materials
Elm, Paint
Monumental Antique Chinese Ancestral Shrine
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) architectural ancestral shrine.
19th century, China
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Massive Chinese Ancestral Shrine and Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Made from black and red lacquered Elm Wood, this shrine is multifunctional as both a display and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ancestral Offering Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
originally used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial household. Incense, candles, and fruits would
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century Black Lacquered Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small and thickly lacquered chest once held an ancestral shrine. The piece has been cleaned
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
objects. It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancestral shrine. Its
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
18th Century Chinese Two-Drawer Table
Located in Chicago, IL
was originally used as an ancestral shrine in a provincial Confucian household. Among other things
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Solid Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
ancestral shrine. It probably dates to the mid-19th century and came from Shanxi Province. Shanxi Province
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Altar Shrine
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Shrine Joss House. Ancestral Altar Shrine.
Shanxi China, CA1850
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Antique 19th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Monumental 19th Century Chinese Buddhist Altar Shrine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
lacquer and gilt. Stands nearly 7' feet tall. Exquisitely carved ancestral shrine or Buddhist altar for
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Chinese Center Table with Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant cabriole-legged table once held an incense burner in an elegant home or ancestral
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Center Tables
Materials
Terracotta, Elm
Benin Bronze Oba Head 'The Nelson Rockefeller Collection'
By People from Benin
Located in Sharon, CT
Benin, Bini Tribe. (Nigeria, Africa) was originally created as a tusk holder for royal ancestral shrines
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Vintage 1970s Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Floral Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century Provincial table from northern China was likely used as an ancestral shrine in a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Wood, Gilt and Polychrome Carved Chinese Asian Temple Shrine Ancestral Figure
Located in Studio City, CA
Heavy, ornate and wonderfully carved Taoist temple or ancestral figure.
From a large collection
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Carved African Dogon Marriage Stool Altar Bench Tribal Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
, guardian of the clan’s ancestral shrine and officiant at the totemic animal cult. Beside this hierarchical
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
ancestral SHRINE architectural
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a fantastic Ancestral Shrine, in orig. cond. w/ traces of orig. pigment and details. A RARE find
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Elm
ancestrral Shrine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
shaanxi province.A finely detailed ancestral shrine that once held small name plaques of past
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Religious Items
Carved Primitive Celestial Hornbill
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Celestial Hornbill bird from an ancestral shrine. The organic formed tail left uncarved. Ironwood
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Antique 19th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Rare Wood Hornbill bird from Borneo
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Celestial Hornbill bird from an ancestral shrine. The organic formed tail left un-carved. Ironwood
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Antique 19th Century Indonesian Sculptures
Carved Celestial Hornbill
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Celestial Hornbill bird from an ancestral shrine. The organic formed tail left uncarved. Ironwood
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Objects
Three Immortal Bronzes Sculpture
Located in Raleigh, NC
the facades of folk religion's temples and ancestral shrines, in nearly every Chinese home and many
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lion Seat Stool Akan Ghana Ashanti Fante for Royal King or Chief art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
reached puberty and were used in the home or school, and later could be put in an ancestral shrine. It is
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
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19th Century Chinese Small Altar Cabinet
Located in Singapore, SG
An antique carved box from Chaozhou city, in Guangdong, China. The black and gold colours, as well as the bulbous designs on the front are all distinct characteristics of Chaozhou de...
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Pine
Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconces
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris patinated outdoor sconces. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights an...
Materials
Metal
$4,242 / set
H 7.75 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock
Fume color and horizontal striation texture
Black opaline finials and brass accents
Art Deco inspired design.
Gives off warm beams of lig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Pagoda
By Renzo Mongiardino
Located in New York, NY
Chinoiserie pagoda. Very decorative Italian painted plaster and wood three-tiered pagoda alla Mongiardino emanating from marine inspired grotto base with four masks issuing water in...
Category
20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Shell, Wood
Tang Dynasty Fat Lady Pottery Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Terracotta sculpture of a fat lady
This stunning lady wears her hair in an elaborately styled coiffure. A remarkable amount of the original pigment that once decorated ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Bath Cabinet Makers, an Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard with Dutch Inlaid Scenes
By Bath Cabinet Makers, Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
Bath cabinet makers. In the Liberty style.
An early Arts & Crafts oak break front sideboard with Dutch inlaid scenes of mill owners with there little black cat in the two upper cupb...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Materials
Oak
$8,923
H 67.5 in W 79 in D 22.5 in
1920s Art Deco Ottoman, Convertible Sofa Bed in Walnut, restored
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Deco ottoman , sofa bed, 1920s, in walnut, with futurism original upholstery in good condition.
Solid wood of walnut restored and polished with shellac and wax
The original sprin...
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$5,386
H 33.47 in W 70.87 in D 29.93 in
18th Century Renaissance Palladio Dining Room Set in blackening wood of walnut
By Andrea Palladio
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Monumental and important Renaissance Palladio dining room set all in solid hand-carved walnut from a Palladian Palace in Vicenza of a Venetian patrician family.
The back of the show...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Renaissance Dining Room Sets
Materials
Glass, Pine, Walnut
$454,830 / set
H 157.49 in W 157.49 in D 157.49 in
19th Century Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Tall Credenza Storage Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique Tibetan Painted Cabinet is 100% hand made and hand painted using mineral painting which last the paint a much longer time. You can see some of the finish has already los...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,880 Sale Price
40% Off
H 47 in W 56 in D 19.5 in
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha shrine) made from Tib...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$275 Sale Price
30% Off
H 5 in W 4 in D 2 in
Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigments on gold leaf.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Midcentury "Haga" chest of drawers by Carl Malmsten, Sweden, 1930s
By Carl Malmsten, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant “Haga” chest of drawers by Carl Malmsten, made with stained birch veneer laid in a discreet pattern. Black painted legs and table top. Adorable handles in the form of crowns.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Birch
$9,497
H 34.26 in W 34.06 in D 18.51 in
Set of 6 Antique Chinese Lattice Panels
Located in Kastrup, DK
Set of six wood carved Chinese 17-18th century Qing dynasty panels or room divider.
Each panel features an main section with an open fretwork design lattice panel window, comprised b...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern Judy Bed Designers Guild Handmade in Portugal by Ottiu
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
The Judy Bed is a luxurious tribute to the timeless elegance of Judy Garland. This exquisite piece embodies classic Hollywood glamour and is designed to elevate any bedroom with its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Textile, Bouclé, Wood
$6,962 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 43.31 in W 106.3 in D 92.52 in
18th Ctr. Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Butterfly Style Cabinet
Located in Kastrup, DK
18th Century sideboard or side cabinet.
Decorated with fine ornate relief carvings on front and drawer and carved spandrels at each side that taper down to the feet.
Original polyc...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Metal
19th Century Painted Tibetan Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 2 panel cabinet is beautifully painted with a pair of dragons, vases and lotus blossoms adoring both the front doors. Both sides of the cabinet are painted with the same floral ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
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