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19th Century Buddhist Prayer Box
Located in New York, NY
19th century Buddhist prayer box. A Thai Buddhist manuscript box of the 19th century or earlier
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19th Century Thai Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Antique 19th Century Buddhist Prayer Box
19th Century Buddhist Prayer Box
H 13 in W 32 in D 12 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
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

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
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Prayer Box

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Silver, Bronze

Thai 1900s Reclining Guardian Lion Carved Prayer Box with Polychrome Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Thai wooden polychrome prayer box from the early 20th century depicting a reclining guardian lion
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Early 20th Century Thai Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Important Early 20th Century Mughal Prayer Necklace, Silver and Gold wash, Heavy
Located in Newport Coast, CA
: India Period: Early 1900’s Old Silver with Gold wash on panels and Prayer box Weight - proximately 324
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Early 20th Century Indian Empire Antique Prayer Box

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Gold, Silver

Tibetan Traveling Prayer Shrine Gau
Located in Redding, CT
Tibetan Traveling Prayer Shrine Gau. A large antique Tibetan Buddha shrine or prayer box (also
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Early 1900s Anglo-Indian Antique Prayer Box

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Metal, Brass, Copper

Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915. Used for collecting
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Prayer Box

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Metal

Antique Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
H 3.94 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860 in date. The rectangular box features studded brass
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1860s English Victorian Antique Prayer Box

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Brass

French Chocolate Box, Edgard Maxence, Marquise de Sévigné Paris
By Edgard Maxence
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique French chocolate box for Chocolate Maison Marquise de Sévigné Paris by Edgard Maxence. A
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Prayer Box

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Other

c1800 Antique Early American Hand Stitched Glass Shadow Box Scene Man & His Dog
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1800 Antique Early American Hand Stitched Glass Shadow Box Scene Man & His Dog. Man is saying his
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Early 1800s American Classical Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Brighton Pavilion Tunbridge Ware Sewing Compendium
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier. Such a tower is connected to a mosque and has one or
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Early 19th Century British George IV Antique Prayer Box

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Wood, Sycamore

Antique Silver Repousse Islamic Talisman Holder
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Silver Repousse Islamic Talisman box Holder. Large Berber tribal ethnic talisman pendant
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
A large antique Tibetan Buddha shrine or prayer box (also known as Gau) which encases a painted
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Early 1900s Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Copper, Silver

Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
H 15.25 in W 13.25 in D 5.75 in
Antique Caucasian Fachralo Kazak Prayer Rug
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Caucasian Fachralo Kazak prayer rug with large single medallion design. A beautifully
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19th Century Caucasian Antique Prayer Box

Antique Prayer Rug by the Yaqoub-Khani Tribe
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique prayer rug by the Yaqoub-Khani tribe with a scarce design. This outstanding small prayer
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19th Century Antique Prayer Box

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Silk, Wool

Early 20th Century Austrian Wooden Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Judaica Charity box, made in Austria, circa 1920. Printed with a scene of the Western Wall
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Chinese Vintage Wood Carving Three Sided Guan Yin Buddhas Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
sided Guanyin refers to a statue of Guanyin with three sides. The front Guanyin holds a scripture box
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19th Century Antique Prayer Box

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Boxwood

Antique Judaical Historical Collection 16th Century to Early 20th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This extremely rare unique ancient Wooden Box with Judaical Religious Items inside was found behind
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16th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Prayer Box

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Bronze, Metal, Silver

19th Century Painted Trunk
Located in New York, NY
latch. The sliding drawers and shelfs suggest storage of accessories in the two boxes, manuscript on
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1890s Qing Antique Prayer Box

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Poplar

19th Century Painted Trunk
19th Century Painted Trunk
H 38 in W 37 in D 25 in
Old Ecclesiastical Religious Art Sacred Heart of Jesus Plaster Statue Sculpture
Located in Topeka, KS
use a little more Jesus in our lives!! Well, your prayers have just been answered!!! This is an
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Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Prayer Box

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Wire, Gold Leaf

Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
placed as a sign of prayer and gratitude, surrounded by four large winged angels, one of whom is serving
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Prayer Box

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Oil

French Roman Missal, Notebook and Coins/Rosary Purse Set Dated 1878
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This is 19th century boxed French Religious set containing a Missal called Paroissien Romain, a
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
-made archival clamshell box. Presented is a beautifully restored and exquisitely bound Holy Bible
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1880s American Late Victorian Antique Prayer Box

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Leather, Paper

Antique Double Sided Rosary Bead with Head of Christ and Skull Carved in Bone
Located in Chicago, IL
prayer beads were made of human skulls (extremely unlikely in this case!), but most medieval people would
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16th Century German Antique Prayer Box

Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows
Located in Leuven , BE
pieces were grouped on the light box and photographed in their entirety. Then Daniël made a drawing of
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19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Antique Prayer Box

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Art Glass, Stained Glass

19th Century Hungarian Synagogue Iron Charity Container
Located in New York, NY
Large handmade iron charity container, Hungary, circa 1850. The iron tzedakah box was installed
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Mid-19th Century Hungarian Antique Prayer Box

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Iron

"Playing with Grandfather" Tomkins Harrison Matteson, Family Genre Scene
Located in New York, NY
was no obstacle. He borrowed paints and made his own paint box Soon he took to the life of a
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1860s Realist Antique Prayer Box

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Palestine Antique Hebrew Judaica Yahrzeit Synagogue Sign Memorial Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
Salant, Mizrah posters indicating the direction of prayer for synagogues, memorial posters, and posters
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Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Prayer Box

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Lithograph

The Fragrance Of The Rose, 19th century by Jean Francois Portaels, (1818-1895)
By Jean-Fran�_ois Portaels
Located in Blackwater, GB
," "The Magi travelling to Bethlehem," "Judith's Prayer," and "The Drought in Judaea"; genre pictures
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19th Century Antique Prayer Box

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Gothic Revival Bronze & Brass Church Pendant / Missal Lantern with Bells
Located in Lisse, NL
house of prayer and this used to be (and could certainly again be) the missal or sanctuary lantern. You
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Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Prayer Box

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Bronze, Brass

Rare Collection of 19th Century Tibetan Reliqueries
Located in Washington, DC
" is a portable altar, shrine, or prayer box used while traveling. The Tibetan prayer box was used
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Early 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Lapis Lazuli Turquoise Ruby Emerald Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Pendant Jewelry Box
By Intini Jewels
Located in Milano, IT
Spectacular Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Pendant Jewelry Box delicately decorated with Lapis Lazuli
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1770s Artisan Antique Prayer Box

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Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, Ruby, Turquoise, Silver

Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Box
Located in Charleston, SC
prayers of monks. Meiji Period.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Prayer Box

Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Box
Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Box
H 4 in W 15.75 in D 4.25 in
Fine Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Gau Box necklace 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Fine antique Tibetan silver turquoise Gau box necklace The Gau box with fine silver work with
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

Japanese Kofuku No Inori Gosho Ningyo, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kofuku no inori Gosho Ningyo (a good luck prayer palace doll) of a kneeling boy holding a
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Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

The Church of the Purification (and the Wailing Wall)
By David Roberts
Located in New York, NY
shape. On top of this box-like structure Herod built a vast paved esplanade which surrounded the Temple
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1840s Romantic Antique Prayer Box

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Engraving

Historical Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, Italian Painting, Mid-18th Century Oil
Located in Rome, Italy
was calmed a little. Beatrice kneeling in the chapel was so absorbed in her prayer that she paid no
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1850s Italian Antique Prayer Box

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Canvas

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
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

Silver Tibetan Prayer Box with Turquoise and Coral
Located in Chicago, IL
This amulet box (also called a gau) was made in Tibet over a century ago. It probably once held a
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Coral, Turquoise, Silver

Antique Gilt Indian Prayer Book
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Comprised of eight gilt and red lacquered scripted panels including seven pages with cover; all mounted in a custom shadowbox frame. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Indian Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

Antique Gilt Indian Prayer Book
Antique Gilt Indian Prayer Book
H 53.5 in W 29.75 in D 2.5 in
Late 18th-Early 19th Century Church Collection Box
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 18th-early 19th century offertory collection box, depicting souls in purgatory with the
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Late 18th Century French Antique Prayer Box

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Wood

Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860 in date. The rectangular box features studded brass
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1860s Victorian Antique Prayer Box

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Brass

Caucasian Talish Prayer Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
Talish prayer rug. The spacious white border provides balance and contrast with the deep field as does
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19th Century Antique Prayer Box

Antique Bashir Prayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
This dazzling antique Afghan prayer rug displays a fantastic assortment of geometric repeating
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19th Century Afghan Antique Prayer Box

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Wool

Tibetan Shrine Box with Chenresi Tsakli, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Adorned with Buddhist iconography and enveloped in a rich patina, this small wooden box is a 19th
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Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Ceramic, Fabric, Wood

Islamic Dowry Chest Storage Antique Box Brass Inlay Arab Interiors, 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
prayers/blessings on the front. We date this important and collectable piece to circa 1820 Very
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1820s Syrian Islamic Antique Prayer Box

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Brass

Russian Gilt Icon of Mother and Child (Mary and Jesus)
Located in Austin, TX
as a hanging box frame for traveling pilgrims and priests to set up for prayers and reflection.
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19th Century Russian Antique Prayer Box

Chinese Censer with Elephant Handles Inlaid with Silver Clouds and Cranes
Located in Chicago, IL
for prayer or meditation. Clouds represent heaven and cranes, thought to live very long lives
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Prayer Box

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Silver, Bronze

Antique French Silver Gilt Communion Chalice and Paten Set, circa 1885
By Jean-Marie Pernolet
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
paten set - boxed; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection. This fine antique French
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1880s French Other Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

Rustic Dogon Style African Granary Door Framed
Located in New York, NY
metal shadow box frame. The Dogon, subsistence farmers who hold ancient animist beliefs, are one of
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Early 20th Century African Primitive Antique Prayer Box

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Metal

Japanese Antique Golden Gilt Bronze Temple Fire Bell "Dragon and Kanji"
Located in South Burlington, VT
box and complimentary striker Here's a rare treasure from Japan and an unusual find- plus an
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Prayer Box

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Bronze

38 Star Antique American Flag, Ex-Richard Pierce Collection
Located in York County, PA
justified rows of 7-6-6-6-6-7. This results in a secondary pattern that I commonly call a “box-in-a-box-in-a
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Late 19th Century American Antique Prayer Box

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Cotton

Tribal Early 20th Century Handmade Persian Gabbeh Small Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Persian Shah saddlebags, box bags, and other woven objects, but still indicate a once more mobile
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Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Antique Prayer Box

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Wool

Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Carved Silver Turquoise Gau 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
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Antique Prayer Box

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Silver

20th Century Painted Tin Charity Box by Alfred Zaltzman, Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Tzedaka (Jewish Charity) Box made in Jerusalem, circa 1940. Designed by the Bezalel
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Early 20th Century Israeli Antique Prayer Box

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Metal

Antique English Carved Oak Bible Box Writing Slope Desk Book Slant Top Lectern
Located in Shreveport, LA
study/home office for notebooks, and of course in a prayer room!~ ~Note: these antique Bible boxes were
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19th Century British Antique Prayer Box

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Oak

Antique Traveling Tibetan Buddha Shrines
Located in New York, NY
Three antique Tibetan Buddha shrines or prayer boxes (also known as Gaus). These three pieces are
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Prayer Box

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Copper

Antique French Gothic Revival Prayer Bench Prie Dieu Prayer Kneeler Bible Box
Located in Tyler, TX
Antique French Oak Gothic "Prie Dieu" Prayer Bench Kneeler with Bible Box~~c. 1880s-1890s
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1880s French Gothic Revival Antique Prayer Box

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Oak

Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
A large antique Tibetan Buddha shrine or prayer box (also known as Gau) which encases a painted
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Early 1900s Tibetan Antique Prayer Box

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Silver, Copper

Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
H 15 in W 14 in D 5.5 in
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Antique Prayer Box For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique prayer box you’re looking for. Each antique prayer box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and silver. Your living room may not be complete without an antique prayer box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique prayer box, designed in the Art Nouveau or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique prayer box over the years, but those crafted by Edgard Maxence are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Prayer Box?

Prices for an antique prayer box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $115 and can go as high as $18,892, while the average can fetch as much as $2,456.
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