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Monumental Ancestral

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
the common practice of ancestral rituals practiced in the home, the group is pictured in an interior
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

Materials

Linen

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Matriarch Scroll Portrait Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese Qing ancestor scroll portrait painting of a high ranking official or Imperial
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

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Linen, Silk, Plexiglass, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Early Monumental Framed Chinese Ancestral Portraits -Guache on Paper , 76”h - S/
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set of early Chinese ancestral portraits, male and female. The medium is guache on paper
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
the common practice of ancestral rituals practiced in the home, the group is pictured in an interior
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20th Century Qing Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paint, Pigment

Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait Scroll, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
excellent example of ancestral portraiture and points to the central role ancestor worship played in Chinese
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor (1851-1934). Neah Bay, Washington. This monumental pole is a
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Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

Monumental African Tribal Burkina Faso Horned Bobo Ceremonial Mask
Located in Miami, FL
Sogobo ceremony. This ancestral tradition continues in the region of Segou in Mali along the Niger river
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20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Monumental Hand Painted Chinese Scroll With Ancestors In Custom Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A monumental hand painted Chinese work depicting 11 male and female multi-generational ancestral
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Acrylic, Wood, Paper

"Accent", Monumental Charcoal on Canvas Painting by Jessica Scott Felder
By Jessica Scott-Felder
Located in Hanover, MA
psychological realms that are suggestive of maternal figures and ancestral and social narratives. Initially, the
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Early 2000s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mor Side Table & Stool by Samuel Dos Santos
Located in Geneve, CH
´s inspired by the atmosphere and proportions of the architectural elements of ancestral monasteries
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2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables

Materials

Limestone

Mor Side Table & Stool by Samuel Dos Santos
Mor Side Table & Stool by Samuel Dos Santos
H 25.99 in W 18.9 in D 18.9 in
Megalithic Stela
Located in London, GB
context are generally in monumental, often funerary sites. Some are used as grave or mound markers, and
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Antiquities

Materials

Granite

Megalithic Stela
Megalithic Stela
H 26.38 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art More Art

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Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 Diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Komar & Melamid Peace I Lithograph 1986 Russian Avant Garde
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs) , 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Minoru Kano abstract bronze
By Minoru Kano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
ancestral sacred art. With his Biennale de Paris Shows in 1965 and Tokyo, he definitely gets into abstract
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Minoru Kano abstract bronze
Minoru Kano abstract bronze
H 18.9 in W 6.7 in D 3.94 in
Tall Tree and the Eye at the Royal Academy poster (hand signed by Anish Kapoor)
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
contemporary sculpture. His monumental Tall Tree & The Eye consists of 73 reflective spheres anchored around
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Rocamadour, Modernist Abstract Architectural Village Landscape
By Pierre (Baron) Courtens
Located in Surfside, FL
-Josse-ten-Noode , having as professor the painter Jacques Maes. He also studied monumental decorative
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Monograph: Anish Kapoor (Hand signed and inscribed to Nadine by Anish Kapoor)
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
are a series of monumental stone sculptures weighing up to eight tons each. Much of Kapoor's recent
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

19th Century Chinese Temple Architectural Corbel Carved Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
panel having two monumental smiling figures with hand painted eyes and tongue, the other fragment
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Architectural Elements

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Wood, Paint

Payaso, Blue, Red and Yellow, 1980. The complete suite of 3 original lithographs.
By Alejandro Colunga
Located in San Francisco, CA
N.L Ballet. 1993 Five Interactive Monumental Sculptures "La Sala de los Magos". Permanent Installation
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Japanese Six-Panel Screen Garden Landscape by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting showing ancient pine, exotic birds, peonies, azalea and cherry tree in bloom on far right. Early Edo period painting, (1614 - 1868). Not signed, in good conditio...
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of Very Refined Tang Dynasty Pottery Statue of Guardians, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of very refined standing pottery statue of guardians, dramatic facial expression, beautiful detail, early Tang dynasty 618-907, come with one Oxford authentication TL test cer...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Large Pair of 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portraits
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in th...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

19th Century Marble Statue of Livia After the Antique
Located in Essex, MA
Grand Tour Carved Marble Statue of the Empress Livia Drusilla After the Antique. A true depiction of the Classical Statue of Rome's First Empress. Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 B...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Statuary Marble

Pair of Chinese Export Bronze-Mounted Red Lacquer and Parcel-Gilt Cabinets
Located in Hudson, NY
On later stands, each fitted with a pair of cabinet doors opening to shelves. Loose translation of the calligraphy across the four doors reads: "Going tens of miles in Jiangnan in ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture

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Lacquer

Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
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Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Ten Qing Style Porcelain Plates after Lang Shining
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent set of ten hand painted enameled porcelain plates made in the Qianlong period style after Lang Shining (July 1688-July 1766 Italian). Born in Milano, Italy Giuseppe Casti...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Late 18th Century Reverse Painting on Glass in its Original Frame
Located in Hudson, NY
This large reverse painting on glass from China circa 1780 to 1790 depicts a dramatic battle scene of numerous horsemen and infantry charging in a very hilly estate's grounds among b...
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Glass

10 ft+ Tall French Pair of Glass Paneled Wood Doors from the Early 20th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of over-sized French doors from the early 20th century. These antique French doors are substantial, standing at a height of more than 10 feet! Each door has 18 glass p...
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Early 20th Century French Doors and Gates

Materials

Wood, Glass

Antique Rare Chinese Enameled Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty an unique antique important rare Chinese enameled Famille rose porcelain bowl with mark DaQingDaoGuangNianZhi , hand painted. excellent condition, Measures: 4.75” x 2.25...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Small Mid-19th Century European Oil Paintings on Panel
Located in Hudson, NY
These bucolic scenes of rural living and farm life probably come from German or Austrian painters and are most likely meant to be a pair, circa 1850-1860. The works are very detailed...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Paintings

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Paint, Wood

PABLO PICASSO "Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune" linocut in colours, 1958, on Arches wove paper, signed in blue crayon, numbered 31/50, a very good impression of t...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints

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Linocut, Paper

"Blanc de Chine" Guanyin with Lotus Flower Porcelain, circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Porcelain "Blanc de Chine" Statuette of a Guanyin stand on a lotus leaf, holding a lotus flower. China. Early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics

Chippendale Nostell Priory Mirror
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
This exceptional mirror is carved in the Chinese taste, surmounted with a pagoda and carved HoHo bird with foliate plate divisions and pierced fretwork apron. The original mirrors we...
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2010s English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Japanese Watercolor On Silk Painting
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Asian watercolors. Great subject matter and quality artistry. Black beveled frame with gold trim. Curbside to NYC/Philly $350
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20th Century Unknown Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paint

Frame Antique Chinese Embroidered Robe Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woman's coat made of black silk with wide sleeves from Chinese late Qing Dynasty (mid to late 19th century), mounted and presented on blue linen board and framed as a stunning piec...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

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Silk, Giltwood

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'Tingari' Australian Aboriginal Art by Uta Uta Tjangala
By Uta Uta Tjangala
Located in Sorrento, Victoria
the ancestral story of the illicit coupling of an old man and his mother-in-law at Yumari. The
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cabeza XIX, Mixografia, Contemporary Art
By Vladimir Cora
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
believes that art should relate to “ancestral memory” and old myths applied to modern reality. His
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Painting
Located in Houston, TX
This Cultural token of Chinese Art allows us to peak into the past and appreciate ancient beauty and mystery. Often times these paintings were intended to honor ancestors that had pa...
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Late 19th Century Ming More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Large 75 X 45" Monumental Expert Framed Antique Chinese Ancestral Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese ancestral painting is finely painted depicting many generations dressed in their
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gouache

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Ancestral Portrait Paintings
Located in Water Mill, NY
Monumental pair of 19th century Chinese ancestral portraits in giltwood frames under plexiglass
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Peace I (4 Diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs) , 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Peace I (4 diptychs), 1986
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Komar & Melamid Peace I Lithograph 1986 Russian Avant Garde
By Komar & Melamid
Located in Surfside, FL
Art series (1972–1973), Post-Art series (1973), Ancestral Portraits series (1980), Nostalgic Socialist
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rocamadour, Modernist Abstract Architectural Village Landscape
By Pierre (Baron) Courtens
Located in Surfside, FL
-Josse-ten-Noode , having as professor the painter Jacques Maes. He also studied monumental decorative
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Matriarch Framed Scroll Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese late Qing dynasty ancestor scroll portrait painting of a high ranking official
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Glass, Wood, Masonite, Paper

Five Monumental Kathy Haun Solid Walnut Ancestral Totems
By Kathy Haun
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Five monumental Kathy Haun TOTEM sculptures. Haun is a Tucson sculptor now 90 years old. She has
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Monumental 19th Century Chinese Buddhist Altar Shrine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese carved temple shaped altar piece featuring a pagoda top and finished in red
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Germain by Christofle France Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 174 Pcs Unused
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Since 1830, the year the company was founded, Christofle has provided unparalleled, ancestral know
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20th Century Tableware

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Victorian Ormolu Sevres Porcelain Book Slide, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
5.1 Coton Hall In Bridgnorth, Shropshire, is the ancestral home of the Lee family - one of
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Bookends

Materials

Ormolu

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Monumental Ancestral For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate monumental ancestral for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Pop Art, modern and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect monumental ancestral may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right monumental ancestral for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black and brown. There have been many interesting monumental ancestral examples over the years, but those made by Komar & Melamid, Alejandro Colunga and Pierre (Baron) Courtens are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in lithograph, paint and acrylic paint can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Monumental Ancestral?

The average selling price for a monumental ancestral we offer is $3,750, while they’re typically $1,800 on the low end and $75,000 for the highest priced.