Antique Shrine

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

The torkam was kept in a special shrine room called a gokhang found in the monastery (or sometimes in the wealthiest of homes).

Painted carved wood & mirrored shrine with central swing, in traditional Kutch style.

Red Painted Altar/Shrine, traditionally used in Indian homes. Carved Detailings.

Bronze Jain shrine with Parshvanath and 2 attendants inscribed and dated on the base 1715 Samvat that correspond to 1659 A.C.

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

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

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

This evocative and powerfully Minimalist and primitive form is a Moba shrine/protective figure. These figures are known as Tchitcheri Sakwa, and stand as sentinels in front of Togo h...

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

A Rare antique Chinese ancestral Shrine from Northern China, Shanxi region. Echoing architectural details from clan estates, these shrines are extremely rare and each is one of a kin...

Household Shrine/Private Temple with doors and slatted sides.

Antique Japanese lacquer Butsudan which is a home altar or shrine with heavily gilded interior, circa 19th century.

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

Oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower left "H. Corrodi Roma".

Elegant and sacred, rare look was its amazing wave textures. This beautiful piece with refined details shows a great stillness, which was made during edo period and executed with Jap...

Stored inside dwellings, miniature ladders such as this are placed alongside small bowls, iron hooks, figurines, bracelets and wooden 'domino' staffs on Dogon binu shrines and also t...

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

Gilded and lacquered shrine in the form of a pagoda, with a carved frieze featuring dragons. red-lacquered roof with timber and metal ho-ho bird finial.

Rare antique 17th century Buddhist stone shrine in the shape of a temple with two columns, richly engraved.

A handmade small size temple intended for travel, hand-carved and embellished with brass fixtures, folding glass paned doors.

Antique print - "The Shrine in the Forrest" Early 1900s.

A large fine Indian silver inlaid bronze Jainist shrine with a seated Thirthankar (Shantinatha?) surrounded by jinas and attendants, elephants, lions and other animals.

A great American folk art shrine, found many years ago in Minnesota. The Christian imagery, typical in Hispanic folk art, is here likely to have Scandinavian origins in the upper Gre...

A very fine, rare late 18th century Portuguese colonial shrine from Brazil. Carved and polychrome painted wood with a 'Cristo' and various saints, each meticulously carved in piedra ...

Beautiful golden Renaissance dress under the shrine, early 1900s. Made in France.

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

Japanese Shrine in lacquer, Edo Period (1603-1868)" Portable altar in black lacquered wood, opening with two doors on a depiction of the Benzaïten Goddess, eight-armed guardian of B...

This beautiful shrine resembles the real life temple in the 19th Century China.

Collected at shrine auction in Japan.

Beautiful model resembles China's real temple with exquisite carvings. Peonies and lotuses flank delicate doors decorated with "double happiness" carvings. These flowers are symbols ...

Depicted mummiform, wearing a black tripartite wig and separately-made plumed crown with a solar disk, the green face with black painted eyes, pupils, cosmetic lines and brows, the b...

Made of bronze, a near pair of Japanese candleholders each
different in details but similar in size and proportion make them even more interesting than an exact pair.

The rest of the screen's teeming composition is filled with other shrine and temple buildings and pine-clad hills, separated by gold clouds in the Classic Tosa-school manner.

Gilt and red painted finishes throughout, glass accents illuminate the shrine. Mirror detailing shines and reflects natural light.

Dawn at Kanda Myōjin Shrine Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Date: 1857 Dimensions: 23.8 x 35.4 cm Condition report: Trimmed.

A lacquered and gilded wood Buddha seated in a naga shrine Burma, Tai Yai (Shan States) Reference: For a larger example see P.355A-355D301, pp. 396-397 in S.

This Japanese traveling shrine is often referred to as a Zushi and is rare for several important reasons.

A five piece portable bronze religious shrine showing Shiva Lingam (cosmic egg) and Ganash and Parvati attended by her sister Lakshmi, circa 1860.

Standing Akan carved darkened wood shrine figure, early 20th century, Ghana An expressive standing female with black hair and details, remains of white pigment, with arms out holding...

Japanese iron fan-shaped standard finial from a Shinto shrine. The front of the fan with a pair of doves above two raised three-character legends reading "Hachimangu" and "Kasuga-sha...

Very rare and beautiful filigree silver cross; the central portion opens on a shrine. Presented in an interesting glass cabinet.

Sterling Silver Repousse of Parvati, wife of Shiva, mounted on iron base. Used as personal shrine. JC - 5

This mask too may has once undergone its pilgrimage with a Yamabushi or Shinto pilgrim to Kompira or another shrine, being charged with magical blessings and was then hung in a shrin...

Traveling in the late 19th century through the Alps... a small shrine marks the top of the pass. Powerful high mountains stand against blue sky and clouds in the background... a swee...

Thus a layered patina of gold and lacquer, plus soot from oil lamps in the shrine or on the altar built up over the surface over the centuries.

Thus a layered patina of gilt and smoke from oil lamps in the shrine or on the altar built up over the surface over the centuries.

Pair - Carved Teak Water Buffelos " This pair of carved and painted figures would have been used at the feet of Buddha in a shrine or temple." Kelly

A "Ghau" is a portable altar, shrine, or prayer box used while traveling. The Tibetan prayer box was used to carry sacred relics or magical charms.

Probably an ornamental interia wall hanging from a shrine or temple in the late Edo period.

Thus a layered patina of gilt and smoke from oil lamps in the shrine or on the altar built up over the surface over the centuries.

Thus a layered patina of gilt and smoke from oil lamps in the shrine or on the altar built up over the surface over the centuries.

Oftentimes, the proposed solution is to devote a shrine, called tata, in which the figure becomes the centre and its vengeful spirit can be appeased.

A large and remarkable Japanese lacquer and marquetry decorated table or hanging cabinet, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The cabinet of square form surmounted by an arched top wit...

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...

This Antique Tibetan Painted Cabinet is 100% hand made and hand painted using mineral painting which last the paint a much longer time. You can see some of the finish has already los...

"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper Elegant woodblock print by Toyohara Kunuchika (Japanese, 1835-1900). Three women are in talking with ea...

Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.

Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641, Flemish) Study of a Head of Man Circa 1627-32, Van Dyck’s second Antwerp period Oil on paper, laid down on canvas Dimensions 15 x 14 inches (38.1 x 3...

Signed post impressionist landscape oil on panel by popular French painter Georges D'Espagnat. The piece depicts the beach at Belle Ile, an island off the coast of Brittany in France...

A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...

A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...

Japanese Woodblock print by Sadanobu Hasegawa III,(1881~1963), unframed. About the artist Born in Osaka, Sadanobu Hasegawa III combines traditional ukiyo-e subject matter with ...

"Rainy Night in Paris, Kissing in the Rain" 1908 Frédéric Levé (1877-1968) Oil on canvas Signature notated on stretcher bars on reverse 25 5/8 x 21 1/4 (32 7/8 x 28 1/3 frame) inch...

Pretty XIXth century Chinese wardrobe in black lacquered wood decorated with court scenes, opening with two doors. The interior has a shelf with two drawers decorated with golden pla...