Ancestral Shrine

very rare, finely detailed ancestral shrine that once held small name plaques of past ancestors of a family clan in Northern China.

A Rare antique Chinese ancestral Shrine from Northern China, Shanxi region.

a beautiful ancestral shrine. It used to hold small name plaques of the ancestors of a family clan in Northern China.

a beautiful ancestral shrine. It used to hold small name plaques of the ancestors of a family clan in Northern China.

a very rare example of an ancestral shrine which once contained name plaques of a family clan in Northern China, Shanxi province.

a very rare example of an ancestral shrine which once contained name plaques of a family clan in Northern China, Shanxi province.

An antique lacquered taoist ancestral shrine from Northern China. Used to contain family or clan names of ancestors.

Families pay continued obeisance to their ancestors at structures like these by making important announcements before them and by offering food and drink. This ancestral shrine dates...

Antique Chinese Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine This hand carved and crafted Antique Chinese Hand Painted Elm Ancestral Shrine is used to place fruits and flowers offerings, usua...

A magnificent Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) architectural ancestral shrine. 19th century, China, exceptionally executed in traditional ancient Chinese architecture timber-frame temple h...

Made from black and red lacquered Elm Wood, this shrine is multifunctional as both a display and storage cabinet. The top piece is decorated with segmented cloud-form openwork pan...

This recessed-leg table from China's Shanxi province dates to the early 19th century and was originally used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial household. Incense, candle...

This small and thickly lacquered chest once held an ancestral shrine. The piece has been cleaned and polished, while preserving the layered patina.

It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancestral shrine. Its distinctive feature is its extreme simplicity -it is fashioned from one plank of elmwo...

Though it is configured beautifully as a desk, likely it was originally used as an ancestral shrine in a provincial Confucian household.

The table may have been a “wine” table, used for serving ceremonial foods and liquors or it could have been used in an ancestral shrine. It probably dates to the mid-19th century and...

19th Century Shrine Joss House. Ancestral Altar Shrine. Shanxi China, CA1850

Stands nearly 7' feet tall. Exquisitely carved ancestral shrine or Buddhist altar for Butsudan. Two smaller pagodas on carved gilt bell tower columns flank the sides of the temple en...

This elegant cabriole-legged table once held an incense burner in an elegant home or ancestral shrine. It is made from elmwood and protected by dark oxblood lacquer.

(Nigeria, Africa) was originally created as a tusk holder for royal ancestral shrines. This reproduction, like the original, is cast in bronze, using the "lost-wax method," and patin...

This 19th century Provincial table from northern China was likely used as an ancestral shrine in a Provincial Confucian household.

Heavy, ornate and wonderfully carved Taoist temple or ancestral figure. From a large collection of Asian artifacts. Has Chinese customs wax seal on shoulder. We are listing as...

The clans are subdivided onto lineages, overseen by the patriarch, guardian of the clan’s ancestral shrine and officiant at the totemic animal cult.

a fantastic Ancestral Shrine, in orig. cond. w/ traces of orig. pigment and details.