Antique Altar

’ to the reverse with a partial pen inscription and paper label reading ‘Thorwaldsen, Altar of Love

elements may have served as decorative bases for altars, wall niches, or architectural framing within a

altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images

architectural or ecclesiastical ornaments, likely mounted in churches on an altar or used as architectural

spiritual, and to invoke blessings. Worn close to the body or placed on altars, Gau boxes housed sacred

table, console, altar, cabinet or in a curated collection of religious art. Over the many decades these

A striking 18th Century Venetian polychrome tabernacle or altar cabinet element. The richly

ceremonial tributes. These bowls were typically placed before ancestral altars, filled with offerings

-century Tibetan folding table (choksi), originally used as an altar surface for Buddhist prayer offerings

censers were historically used in China to burn incense, often placed within a shrine or atop a home altar

functioned as portable icons, allowing believers to carry a small sacred altar and place themselves under

constructed back-plate of a Buddhist altar, dating to the 5th–6th century, well before the Tang dynasty. The

designed the massive bronze Solomonic columns for the altar canopy in New St. Peter's Basilica.

Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze filigree base altar sticks mounted

well as the altars and vases and fountain basins reused in the Renaissance and dispersed as far as Kyiv.

altar which anchors the center of the composition. Some play instruments, some carrying the chariot of

Cathedrals—this pair was originally commissioned for a high-status chapel or altar dedicated to the Virgin

with gold trimmings and fringes, parts of a dark parade armour with gold borders, sculptures, an altar

was traditionally used for reading and writing atop a kang platform or daybed, or atop larger altar

"Symbol of Immortality": Large Chinese Export Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Peach (Altar Fruit) Circa

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

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

altar of the Reiche Chapel (Munich, Residenz Museum) by Hans Scheibel (Augsburg, c. 1565–1570) and Jakob

large altar candlestick that has been used for the base. The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly

century Italian Rococo candlestick is hand-carved and gilded. The altar candlestick originally came from a

the rounded stones at each terminus, glowing like altar embers. On the reverse, a concealed reliquary

Chinese Console Table This striking mid-19th century Chinese altar table, dating to around circa

18th century, German, these would originally have displayed the statues of the saints within the altar

sitting up high on an altar and the people viewing it sitting on the floor.

rather than a rigid mihrab niche. At the lower end, a distinctive panel—resembling a symbolic altar or

arranged in three horizontal registers, each depicting stylized altar tables bearing an assortment of vases

field. The design is organized into three horizontal panels, each featuring stylized altar tables

modern collectible design, well suited for curated interiors, altar-inspired displays, or folk art

or altar originating from Italy, c.1780. Made from wood and composition, this decorative model is

early 1500s. This figure likely once formed part of a larger altar or devotional ensemble, radiating

appears to be a ceremonial vessel that was used to make ritual offerings on the altar. Of elegant

have served as a sacred shrine or altar, making it highly desirable for collectors of antique Indian

Italian Louis XVI style silver plated candlesticks, candleholders, altar prickets or altar candleholders.

(Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) between 1628 and 16129 for the high altar of the Begijnhof church in Antwerp

positioned on either side of an altar, accompanying a winged Cupid in an allegorical iconography evoking the

can recognise the sculptural group with two wrestlers, positioned above a bas-relief altar

altars were ornamented in this way. Over time, the term has come to describe almost any process involving

or an altar, and actually stand in a modern removable wood base. Pieces of art from this period are

includes murals painted for the Bethlehem Church [Brooklyn], an Altar piece in the Zion Church [Worcester

Cupid onto an altar, while the other shows two nymphs and a satyr raising a statue of Pan, the god of

stepped circular base, giving it a sculptural, freestanding presence suitable for an altar or domestic

. Flanking the vase are scholarly objects and altar vessels, symbolizing prosperity, refinement, and harmony

stylized composition set against a vibrant red field, where a sequence of abstracted altar-like stands

, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns

Incredible Portuguese faux marble painted mirror from a church altar with replaced glass. Normally

probably originally part of a nativity scene or positioned near an altar or tabernacle. The piece is now

altar from the château chapel, revealing the elaborate sculptural program and architectural framing that

offers protection from misfortune and is a benevolent guardian of the home. Likely used within an altar

offers protection from misfortune and is a benevolent guardian of the home. Likely used within an altar

gold and silver gilt wood. The altar shelf and back foot are removable. Whether freestanding or wall

altar or in small niches around the church. Condition: Overall good condition minor imperfection to a

divine light. These works were often used in altars, chapels, or private devotions, especially among