Antique Idols

This extremely well-preserved, stylised Cypriot plank idol is an iconic form of human representation from Bronze Age Cyprus.

Bactrian large stone aniconic idol figure, a latge ritual object with unknown usage from a culture that had no written language.

Simulacro Di Diana is an original print realized by Giovanni Folo After Agostino Tofanelli. Original etching on copper. Hand-colored on black ink background. Designed by Agostino To...

Simular idols are known all over the world since neolithic times.

This hand coloured copper engraving of eight tropical reef fishes, angelfishes, butterflyfishes and a fish resembling the Moorish idol, comes from the Vienna edition of Friedrich Jus...

From Native America and a collection dating to 1951, comes this unique old hand carved stone human effigy pipe figure idol , likely Hopewell culture with its bun head and ear spool f...

The scene vividly portrays Javanese worshippers kneeling before an elaborate idol within a temple near Bantam (Banten), Java’s key trading port during the early Dutch voyages to the ...

Antique print titled 'Monumens de Sculpture et Idoles trouvés dans les Tombeaux'. Copper engraving of monuments of sculptures and idols found in the Krasnoyarsk megaliths.

Idols of Campeche, Yucatán, and Tabasco in Early Colonial Imagination This dramatic 18th-century copperplate engraving, dated 1723, depicts the so-called idols and ritual scenes ass...

Divinities of Campeche, Idols of Tabasco Etchings, Hand-Watercoloured. Vol.

Image dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. Mexican Idols, Deities and Ministers is a fine etching, hand-watercolored, realized by the engraver Gianfrancesco Pivati.

The king kneels before a column at an idol shrine while a child is held towards the flames of a great fire, and worshippers crowd around.

Anthropomorphic idol type M16 Mezcala, State of Guerrero, Mexico 350 - 100 BC Stone Height 20 cm and 24 cm with the stand.

The figure appears reclining in an informal, relaxed position, leaning on a structural support in the form of an archaic-looking female idol, similar to the model of Hecate Epipyrgid...

'Mode degl' Indiani in Mechoacan' / 'Idoli del Messico'' Italian lithograph, c1841. Originally from 'Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo' by Giuseppe Antonelli, publishe...

In this work we can admire the biblical scene of Rachel intent on hiding the idols taken from her father Laban, shortly before fleeing with her husband Jacob.

The God of Wind. Both idols are key to Virginian culture. This print originates from 'Ceremonies et costumes Religieuses (..)'.

Image 1. Kiwasa: This Idol is placed in the temple of the town of Secotam, as the keeper of the king's dead corpses.

Usually depicted as an elderly man, Solomon is shown here with more youthful features, incensing a golden idol with a censer, surrounded by various female figures.

Pagoda and idols from the village of Likiliki, New Ireland.

Antique print titled 'Représentation d'Idoles du Temple d'Ablaikit et caractères Mongoles'.

This scarse original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Naaukeurige beschryving der godtsdienst-plichten, kerk-zeden en gewoontens van alle volkeren der waereldt.', a Dutch ...

Bernard Picart (1673-1733) Idoles de Campêche et de Iucatan / Idoles de Tabasco Etching and engraving on fine laid paper, 1723 Signed lower left: “B.

Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733) Idoles de Campêche et de Iucatan / Idoles de Tabasco 1723 Engraving on fine laid paper Signed and dated in the plate, lower left: “B.

The sheet gives no names for the three idols, and they are best taken as the illustrator's picture of Germanic worship rather than as portraits of particular gods.

Crowds bow and sacrifice before an idol on a tall pedestal, with smoke rising from altars in a broad square lined with palaces.

The subjects are 1 Samuel 5, the idol Dagon falls before the Ark, and 1 Samuel 6, the Philistines send back the Ark.

The subjects are Susanna (Daniel 13), the two elders who accused Susanna are stoned, and Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14), Daniel destroys the idol Bel. It is plate 133 of the series, ...

Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al Thani (1966-2014) was among the most ambitious collectors of modern times, acquiring everything from ancient manuscripts and antiquities to contemporary a...

No idol in China is more widely worshiped than Caishen, the God of Wealth.

Aniconic stone weight, Bactria, Central Asia or Asia Minor These egg-shaped marble sculptures are mysterious in function, thought variously to be counter-weights or perhaps ritual i...

Aniconic variegated stone column, Bactria, Central Asia or Asia Minor This is a classic columnar stone piece from the ancient culture referred to as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeologi...

The aged king kneels before an idol shrine among his wives, offering incense, while musicians play and a pagan statue presides from a pedestal.

Pottery art in India has a long-standing tradition, often utilized for religious idols and ceremonial purposes, blending utility with spiritual expression.

The entry lists ‘two wooden carved Sumatra Idols, male and female’ and with watercolour drawings of both showing two views.

Original antique movie poster for a black and white silent drama film - Where Lights Are Low / Kineskvarterets Mysterier (The Mysteries of Chinatown) - directed by Colin Campbell and...

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

The reverse presents a sacrificial or votive scene centred on a small pedestal shrine, with draped and helmeted figures gathered around a winged cult idol, a standing female figure h...

The incised geometric design is typical of the Early-Middle Cypriot period (c.2100-1750 BC) – also seen in the celebrated Plank Idols of the same period – and has become synonymous w...

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

The incised geometric design is typical of the Early-Middle Cypriot period (c.2100-1750 BC) – paralleled in the famed Plank Idols of the same period – and has become synonymous with ...

The first engraving, Morai du Roi (Royal Morai), illustrates a Hawaiian heiau or temple enclosure containing carved wooden idols, sacred structures, and ceremonial platforms.

His paintings typically featured oriental idols, pottery and glassware, all glowing duskily as if illuminated by candlelight.

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

For example, his renowned mineral collection, which included the present piece, was home to the famed 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye’ Diamond, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A renowned patron of the arts and collector whose interests spanned antiquities, paintings and natural specimens, his collection famously included the renowned 70.2 carat ‘Idol's Eye...

It is simultaneously a god, an idol and a warrior. It comes from the renowned collection of mineralogist Richard Berger, who was the source of almost all Fontainebleau concretions ...

The simple banding and geometric design is typical of the Early-Middle Cypriot period (c.2100-1750 BC), – paralleled in the famed Plank Idols of the same period – and has become syno...

The value is further enhanced by the iconographic richness of the motifs, such as the Bacchus idol with a vine, detailed faces of angels (cherubs and putti), and lush acanthus flouri...

Dressed in a richly adorned costume with flowing fabrics and golden jewelry, she dances before a monumental, shadowy idol — evoking the orientalist fantasies so prevalent in fin-de-s...

Antique Chinese Temple & Pagoda Engraving — Chatelain, 1719 This important early 18th-century copperplate engraving titled “Description d'un des plus fameux temples des Chinois, ave...

The gathering appears both celebratory and solemn, with rhythmic gestures and offerings made to the idols placed at the heart of the scene. Behind the main group, a procession of is...

Made by Renel, a well known French artisan workshop that created pieces later for Jean Desses in Paris, It exudes high French Art Deco glamour , reminiscent of the publicity photos o...

Antique print titled 'Grotte remplie d'Idoles'. Copper engraving of the cave filled with idols on the banks of the Yenisei river.

This figure probably represents an idol or a female deity. This very schematic representation can be compared to several statue-menhirs discovered in southern Brittany, France.

Plate 2: Figure 5: 'Yxora ...' (The idol Yxora or Vedan / Bed / Beth of the Brahmans, an idol with 4 heads, 4 hands and 2 feet.

Procession of Deities Through the Countryside – Engraving after Sonnerat, 1806 This detailed antique engraving depicts a ceremonial procession titled “Chasse des Dieux dans les Camp...