Antique Altar

The pierced iron gallery served both as a decorative element and as a practical guard for molten wax, while reflecting the same Gothic vocabulary found in contemporary cathedral scre...

Elevate a mantel, console, or altar with this elegant pair of antique Italian pricket candlesticks, crafted circa 1880.

Originally intended for a zushi (portable shrine) or a private household altar (butsudan), sculptures of this type served as intimate devotional images for daily Buddhist practice.

The turbaned figure of the merchant Alfani was restored in the 1990's and the pedestal that it sits on was found to be a 15th century Venetian version of a Roman altar. A pedestal in...

Beautiful pair of antique Italian Louis XVI style silver plated candlesticks, candleholders, altar prickets or altar candleholders.

These bowls were typically placed before ancestral altars, filled with offerings symbolizing respect and continuity.

Restored 19th century solid brass French altar lamp please look at pictures for overall detail.

Many were created for temples, shrines, and domestic altars, where depictions of deities and mythological figures embodied protection, prosperity, and spiritual guidance.

The High Priest (Center): Wearing a ceremonial white-and-red drape, an elderly, bearded priest raises his arms toward the sky in front of the altar to invoke divine blessing. The Off...

The companion scene portrays a ceremonial gathering before a sacred altar, representing piety, civic virtue, and devotion.

The figure extends her right hand towards the center of the composition, where an altar with an inverted C-shaped base is located.

It was inspired by the dishes used for offering on the temple altars. The bowl is signed on the base in blue underglaze mark "Made by Mazuku Kozan" Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyaga...

Incredible Portuguese faux marble painted mirror from a church altar with replaced glass. Normally in the Catholic churches holding either religious paintings or fronts for altars wi...

Hand-painted on textile and bordered with fine silk brocade, this Thangka reflects centuries-old Himalayan Buddhist iconography, likely originating from a monastery or private altar ...

This is a fascinating painting by a Lombard painter active in the 17th century, inspired in its execution by the Polyptych of the Certosa di Pavia, commissioned by the Duke of Milan,...

Conceivably these could also be from furniture or even altar . The estate of Bill Blass was dispersed over multi auctions and over multiple days .

"Symbol of Immortality": Large Chinese Export Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Peach (Altar Fruit) Circa 1850 A striking and unusually large Chinese Export porcelain model of a peach, datin...

Within a lush garden are numerous figures in a variety of poses and costumes gathered around a stone altar which anchors the center of the composition.

A striking decorative accent for a shelf, altar table, or curated vignette. Dimensions: 9"W x 7"D x 25"H

Retaining traces of original gilding beneath an aged patina, they were likely once mounted on a grand architectural element or altar.

The rich oak case frames the figure beautifully and gives the ensemble the appearance of a small ecclesiastical altar or chapel niche. A paper label remains affixed to the back, addi...

Traditionally enshrined in temples or domestic altars, these figures embody protection, reverence, and the narratives of local folklore.

Koerner also produced religious pictures, like the altar of the Church of the Redeemer in Berlin-Rummelsburg.

Ideal for collectors of Himalayan antiques, lovers of traditional Nepalese art, or as a unique decorative piece, this vintage bronze oil lamp brings cultural heritage, warmth, and po...

Like other figures that once adorned these monumental altar back-plates, it was individually cast and originally attached by a loop on the reverse.

A striking 18th Century Venetian polychrome tabernacle or altar cabinet element. The richly modelled form conceived in the Baroque taste and retaining an evocative, timeworn painted...

This suggests that the sculpture was intended to be displayed primarily from the front, possibly in front of a wall, in a shrine, or on an altar. Traces of an older polychrome paint ...

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...

The crown was originally part of a canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The intricate Rococo piece has hand-carved scrolls and three carved angel...

16th Century Spanish carved-wood and polychromed sculpture and altar of Saint Isidore, Patron of Farming and Gardening.

Originally, these elements may have served as decorative bases for altars, wall niches, or architectural framing within a villa or ecclesiastical setting.

The crown was originally part of a canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The intricate Rococo piece has hand-carved scrolls and three carved angel...

On one side, two male figures flank an altar with candles, upon which rests a cross with a burst of glory; the lid features a winged angel's head.

Worn close to the body or placed on altars, Gau boxes housed sacred relics, prayers, or miniature images.

A superb baroque stand, crafted from wood (possibly Oak) with painted design in gilt, dating to the 18th century, German, these would originally have displayed the statues of the sai...

Their forms suggest that they were originally conceived as architectural or ecclesiastical ornaments, likely mounted in churches on an altar or used as architectural ornamentation. T...

The red word Officium employs an older term for the Introit—the chant sung as the celebrant and ministers entered and approached the altar. The sequence of texts establishes the lea...

Exquisitely crafted from gold and silver gilt wood. The altar shelf and back foot are removable. Whether freestanding or wall mounted, this Sunburst is indeed a magnificent stateme...

Known as a scroll table, this kind of low table was traditionally used for reading and writing atop a kang platform or daybed, or atop larger altar table to display precious objects....

The crown was originally part of a canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The piece has been preserved and transformed into a figurative work of ar...

The form and construction strongly suggest that this sculpture was originally created as a finial or upper element for a larger architectural or ritual object, such as a temple fitti...

Numbered ‘845’ to the reverse with a partial pen inscription and paper label reading ‘Thorwaldsen, Altar of Love’. Bertel Thorvaldsen Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)...

Traditionally used as a crowning element in a Baroque high altar or above a cathedral pulpit, this piece represents the pinnacle of late Enlightenment-era ecclesiastical carving. ​

By its hierarchical proportions, frontality and the simplification of faces and folds, this sculpture belongs to the corpus of early Anna Selbdritt works that appeared in the Rhenish...

Its top is partially worn from honest use possibly as an altar top for candles (as there are remnants of red wax still present.)

Likely of Northern European origin, this figure was probably originally part of a nativity scene or positioned near an altar or tabernacle. The piece is now missing its forearms and ...

Originally designed as ecclesiastical altar sticks, these floor-standing masterpieces now serve as premier focal points of any interiors.

The crown was originally part of an architectural canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The piece has been preserved and transformed into a figura...

When a traveling family, monk, or lama set up camp, the table would be unpacked to serve two main functions: Portable Altar: It acted as a temporary, sacred Buddhist shrine to suppor...

The style was heavily revived by the Italian sculptor and architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who designed the massive bronze Solomonic columns for the altar canopy in New St. Peter's B...

A superb example of a decorative yet functional altar table, ideal as a statement console, hall table or display piece.

Sassanian coinage is well known for its bold and distinctive designs, typically featuring a crowned royal bust on the obverse and a Zoroastrian fire altar on the reverse. These coins...

It was probably intended to be placed on a private altar or as decoration in some room of a Roman domus.

The Moses engravings depict pivotal moments from the Exodus story, including Moses defeating the Amalekites, the construction of an altar, the destruction of Pharaoh's forces in the ...

This religious candelabra originates from the Catholic Church in France and dates back to 1900 - 1910 They are still found in Catholic churches to this day, often at the altar or in ...

Placed on the floor or on altars in churches or private chapels, which they illuminated and decorated, these candelabra are painted only on the visible side.

The use of each type varied over time, and altars and cinerary urns would in fact lose importance throughout the 2nd century AD, in favour of sarcophagi.

The cross is mounted on a stepped circular base, giving it a sculptural, freestanding presence suitable for an altar or domestic devotional setting. Subtle surface wear and patina ar...

Its semicircular shape suggests that it may originally have formed part of a church interior, an architectural overdoor, a choir or altar surround, or another substantial piece of ec...

It was used for all the red porphyry columns in Rome, the togas on busts of emperors, the panels in the revetment of the Pantheon, the Column of Constantine in Istanbul as well as th...