Antique Altar

An elegant French 19th century altar candlestick from circa 1800 to grace a fireplace mantel or tablescape by its architectural stature and gilded glory.

This tabletop altar with scrolled edges, a scalloped apron, and turned legs from China's Shanxi province is a rare find.

PAIR of Italian Renaissance-style (17th Century) dark green painted large floor standing altar style candlesticks with gilt carved floral and vine trim supported on base with 3 griff...

Made of Chinese northern elm, this altar cabinet once contained the essentials for ancestor rituals.

This impressive family altar would have anchored a 19th century room, holding all of the accoutrements necessary for ancestral offerings.

A wonderful antique religious carved wood and plaster Catholic Church altar figure. The large sculpture depicting Saint Anthony of Padua, dating to the late 19th / early 20th century.

Antique Thai altar table or console with a strong architectural form.

Elegant and chicly minimalist Chinese altar table, with upturned pagoda-style tabletop ends, and legs with a cut-out design.

Monumental Bavarian Altars – Architectural Triptych, Munich 1874 Description: This exceptional triptych presents three monumental chromolithographs depicting grand altar and shrine ...

A pair of carved wooden altar stick lamps with tall turned shafts rising from heavy bases carved with leaf forms and scroll details.

The engraving illustrates a remarkable series of classical Roman altar forms, cippi, pedestals, and decorative antiquities adorned with mythological figures, inscriptions, masks, and...

PAIR of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) round bronze altar sticks with filigree top and base (PRICED AS PAIR) Both prickets are missing

Very elegant pair of carved and gilded Italian altar candlesticks with circular scallop edge bobeches set on acanthus detailed stems with three sides and finished on the front facing...

Pair Tall 18th Century Altar Candlesticks Italy in very good vintage condition

The aforementioned is for accuracy as the Altar Table presents in a powerful and exotic manner.

2 English Gothic-style (19th Century) bronze dore altar sticks with 3 religious figures. (PRICED EACH) There are missing elements

Wonderful neoclassical carved wooden altar with beautiful gilded angels. Italy, circa 1760-1780.

Flemish Field Altar Virgin, Burgundy, 15th Century An extraordinary 15th-century Flemish carving from Burgundy, made of polychrome and gilded wood, depicting the Virgin and Child.

A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century.

Pair of Italian Giltwood Altar Candlesticks. Each features ornate sculptural forms with acanthus leaf and scroll motifs.

This long Chinese altar table from the early 19th century is masterfully crafted with grand proportions and timeless simplicity.

This towering pair of French 19th century altar torches would have previously been lit by fire, now they have been cleaned and rewired to US electrical standards with UL listed parts...

The elegant nearly 30-inch height and original surface makes these examples great decorative elements. Pricket or Altar Sticks such as these were religious and/or decorative utilitar...

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...

A sturdy set of four pitch pine Gothic revival Victorian altar chairs. The chairs exhibit a moulded top rail back rest finished at either end with ecclesiastical motifs with sweepin...

AMAZING TWO 18th Century ITALIAN ALTAR CLOTHS in velvet embroidered with gold and silver thread.

Mirror frame made from 17th-18th Century or earlier panel paintings created as part of larger altar pieces as devotional works during the Italian Renaissance, Such panels would be c...

Beautiful pair of 18th century carved giltwood altar sticks. Very fine patina on these. Make a lovely accessory!

A hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with gilt and green banding decoration.

In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical instruments, flowers, or vases. Often referred to as altar tables, this narrow table form...

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Deity Altar Figure 18thC Measures - 9 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 3 1/4"

Japanese style, property from the Estate of Seward Kennedy, hold a 1 1/2" diameter candle.

In households throughout China, long tables with everted ends were traditionally placed against the back wall of the main room as an altar for ancestral tablets, Buddhist iconography...

This antique Indian wooden altar is a fine example of 19th-century Indian craftsmanship, originating from India.

More information coming soon… An antique altar from the 1700s, hand-carved and hand-painted in a parcel light blue with white and beige accents.

This Chinese carved seated altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their ancestors.

This antique Indian wooden altar is a fine example of traditional 19th-century craftsmanship from India.

Tall turned and giltwood altar stick mounted as a lamp. Measures: 33" high to the brass fitting 51" to the top of the shade 7 1/2" diameter.

A large French candlestick made of solid brass is most likely from a church altar. This heavy, quality candlestick has a pierced crown design at the top over a twisted column with Ch...

2 English Gothic-style (19th century) bronze dore altar sticks with 3 religious figures. (priced each).  

This long console table once resided in a 19th-century Chinese home, laden with food offerings and incense as a home altar for ancestor worship. The antique table feels at once tradi...

This Ching Dynasty carved polychrome seated Taoist altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their ancestors.

Italian Baroque (18th Century) monumental altar candlestick in a columnar form with carved detail and a gilt finish and having 5 lower candle holders (flat on back).

Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) round bronze altar sticks with filigree top and base (priced as pair).  

This antique Indian wooden altar is a magnificent example of 19th-century Indian devotional craftsmanship, originating from India.

This grand table from China's Shanxi province was originally used in a Qing-dynasty household as an impressive domestic altar for ancestor worship. Designed to be the centerpiece of ...

Once used as a tabletop altar for ancestor worship, we love this low stand as a pedestal for elevating a figure, vase, or other precious object.

Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) bronze altar sticks with swirl top and fluted bottom with round center and scroll filigree base (PRICED AS Pair) The medallions are ...

This large Chinese console table dates to the mid-19th century and was once used in the main hall of a traditional home as an altar for ancestor worship. The long table has grand pro...

This antique Indian wooden altar is a charming 19th century example of traditional Indian devotional craftsmanship, originating from India.

A notable late 19th century carved wood altar table in old red and black paint now worn to a nice patina with a particularly decorative form.

Vibrant red cinnabar lacquered Chinese altar table the top featuring a cartouche depicting a Chinese landscape.

A Rare Pair of French Altar Candlesticks Late 18th / Early 19th Century This distinguished pair of French altar candlesticks dates from the late 18th to early 19th century and exempl...

A 19th century altar stick converted as a lamp, with a turned shaft rising from a circular base set on small feet.

An exceptional 18th century Northern Italian Altar frame, now as a mirror. Magnificently constructed, water gilded and polychromed Florentine detail to base.

Carved Chinese altar table in rubbed through red cinnabar lacquer on wood, brackets supporting top have pierced wave scroll motifs, end panels connecting legs have similar decorative...

The last photo shows a second altar frontal we have available from the same estate.