Antique Shrine

Conversely, the lower register grounds the composition with depictions of wrathful protectors, traditional offering scenes, and sacred architecture (including a beautifully rendered ...

Both sculptural and decorative, this rare piece reads as a small shrine or ceremonial table, offering a strong visual presence.

The deer are not simply animals within a seasonal landscape; they evoke the sacred deer of Kasuga Shrine imagery. They recall the deer seen in Kasuga Shrine mandalas—divine messenger...

The fact that traces of its original coloring remain suggests that it was likely kept in a shrine with a roof or inside a house, where it was carefully preserved.

These small-scale, portable forms served to spread Buddhist teachings, could be placed on home altars or in monastic shrines, and functioned as devotional objects for meditation and ...

Our painting is a scene of pilgrimage in the Bay of Naples, judging by the costumes, a pilgrimage to a small shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Rahoult was initially a painter of g...

A Fine and Rare Celtic Head of King or ‘Crowned’ God Sandstone British 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Size: 29cm high - 11½ ins high / 42cm high - 16½ ins high (with base) Pr...

The plate is densely composed, featuring numerous figures interpreted as Egyptian deities, including a central shrine-like structure often associated with Isis.

Height 21cm, width 23.2cm, depth 16cm. An early tiled shrine"KAWARA-ZUSHI". Ceramic shrines were made in pottery producing areas all over the country, but they are rare, and are o...

Possibly used for incense on a shrine. A rare and characterful small brass urn from India, made circa 1750 and likely intended for ceremonial use, possibly to hold incense on a dome...

Saints Peter and Paul Holding the Church The icon with two standing saints holding a small church or shrine appears to depict Saints Peter and Paul, two foundational apostles of Chri...

It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.

Also available in a separate listing is an antique hand crafted wooden shrine lantern- please see photographs of buddha displayed inside this shrine .

This large and exceptionally refined 18th century carved figure of a Burmese monk is a rare and compelling example of temple sculpture, almost certainly created for architectural pla...

Crafted from sandstone, this striking piece features a depiction of a sitting tīrthaṅkara within a miniature shrine, flanked by two standing naked yakṣas. These elements indicate its...

It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.

Evidence on the reverse of the base suggests the sculpture was once mounted, possibly with a separate base or backplate, consistent with Kandy-period temple or shrine use. The bronze...

They symbolize Buddhist “purification” and are usually strategically placed in gardens or as an indoor entry tokanoma accent to allow visitors opportunity to cleanse hands prior to p...

Tucked away from view in a secret alcove or shrine, the figure was used in sacred divination rituals and only seen by a select few.

Pigeons in the Meiji period In Japanese culture, pigeons are often revered as sacred messenger birds for the deity Hachiman, found on motifs like shrine decorations and in art. Whil...

This expressive carved wooden head represents a Koma-Inu — the mythical lion-dog guardians traditionally placed at the entrances of Shinto shrines to ward off evil spirits. Whether ...

Give me willow wand and I, With hide and cork and twine, From century to century, Will gambol round my Shrine. July - Archery - The child of the Nineties considers with laughter, Th...

A Japanese export silk embroidery of a Shinto shrine in original parcel gilt ebonized lacquer frame, circa 1890. 29 ¼ by 24 ¾ inches

However, because royal busts of this type were commonly found in temples, it has been suggested that they may have served as a votive, or offering, to a divinity in his or her shrine...

In fact, the head shaped like a diadem by means of the striking hairstyle, the volume of the strands and the unconventionally wavy curls in the “wreath” around the high forehead and ...

At the time of Roberts' visit in the 1830's this was a modest stone-built shrine or temple ruin, which was partially collapsed.

Porcelain models of fruit, often called "Altar Fruit," were placed on shrines to ensure that a "fresh" offering was always present for the ancestors or deities.

A full description of the major castles, temples, shrines and other landmarks depicted on each panel is available on request.

Recreate your own sacred space with this handmade shrine, for regular devotion, reflection, or simply to showcase a personally meaningful object.

From important Catholic relics, alter table and candlestick pricket floor lamp, old liturgical chalice liturgy items, cathedral architectural salvage, monastery, temple & mosque frag...

In temples and shrines, furnishings were often renewed every few decades.

In keeping with Ashante Culture the stool would have been split to release the spirit of the owner from the stool and the stool would then have been ritually placed in the family Shr...

We believe she would look perfect in a home shrine, but no matter where you decide to display her, this European work of religious art will never fail to impress.

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An authentic, ancient and exceptional Three Jina Shrine. For it’s age the altarpiece is in a very good condition and rather large.

This is a very rare carved wooden statue of a sacred horse that was dedicated to a Japanese shrine. It was produced during the Edo period (1800s-1860s), and the main material used is...

They were used on bridges, temple and shrine architecture, and gates, serving to create a sense of boundary and dignity within a space.

From important historical relics, altar tables, altarpiece, reredos, tabernacle reliquary, Buddhist and Hindu statuary including full body Buddha, Buddha head or hand, life size myth...

The pigments remain remarkably bright and fresh, suggesting the painting was carefully stored for most of its life, likely protected within a gau shrine box or kept folded away from ...

Baku heads are commonly placed under the eaves of Japanese Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines to ward off bad spirits. They are protectors against evil, devour nightmares, but canno...

The present set includes three individual plates, each illustrating a monumental sacred object rendered in rich chromolithographic color: a highly ornate monstrance, a tall reliquary...

As a reliquary or tabernacolo, the box may have been used to display or store religious artifacts, as a shrine. Single glass pane inside front side. Circa 1770.

Crafted of northern elmwood in China's Shanxi province, this early 19th-century altar table was once used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial Confucian household. Incense,...

During the Heian period, the imperial family took particular interest in the chrysanthemum, even creating a festival in its honour, held on the 9th day of the 9th month at the Kamiga...

Works by the artist can be found in the collections of: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey; British Museum, London; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio;...

The second plate illustrates a tall processional or altar shrine crowned with a cross finial, conceived as the architectural elevation and ceremonial housing of the cruciform symbol ...

Some of these mirrors, or Kagami, were used in Shinto shrines in rituals but more commonly they were given as expensive wedding gifts or purchase by well to do customers.

At the bottom of the print is a drawing of a rock-cut tomb or shrine, carved into a rugged cliff face. The rectangular façade, with a series of doorways, is neatly integrated into th...

At Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and many other shrines, there are statues of cows called “Nade-ushi” (stroking cows), where worshippers stroke the same part of the statue as their own body...

These were laboriously sliced with sand and bamboo, which contributed to their value as currency, as well as ornaments for the skull shrines of village chiefs; see archival photo bel...

The original objects contained in the shrine have been broken off or removed. An example of mingqi, or spirit object, this shrine would have been placed in a tomb to be used in the ...

With arched top rod, it looks similar form of Torii gate - which we can see in front of Shinto shrines - brings a genuine taste of Japanese culture to the space.

It is often planted around temples and shrines, either symbolizing protection and purification or for practical reasons, as cedar is a prized building material in Japan.

This buddha is a hand-carved from wood and once occupied a temple shrine in Northern Thailand. It has been lacquered in black and red and then gilded (covered with gold leaf).

Surmounted by a mirror frame in a shape reminiscent of a Shintô shrine torii-gate- a twin-posted framework with a triangular crossbar flared in upswept Chinese-style gable ( Karahaf...

This miniature example was likely used as part of a larger shrine display or atop an elevated kang platform for seated meditation.

A large and magnificent Burmese gilt and embellished throne or shrine for a Buddha, palin, Mandalay Period, last half of the 19th century, Burma (Myanmar).

Plates included (with scholarly notes): 1. Shrine or Reliquary (“The Soltikoff Chasse”) – Rhenish Byzantine, 12th century A celebrated Romanesque reliquary in the form of a Byzan...

It is presented in an elaborate, neo-Gothic carved wooden shrine that adds value and presence to the piece.

It is presented in an elaborate, neo-Gothic carved wooden shrine that adds value and presence to the piece.