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Orthodox Altar

Antique Greek Orthodox Icon "The Annunciation of Mary" Egg Tempera Gilt 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 18th Century Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera & gold leaf on wood panel, circa 1750
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Antique 1750s Greek Revival Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Reliquary Altar. Wood, Glass, Metal, Etc. Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wall reliquary altar. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood, glass, metal, etc. Spanish school, 17th
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Other

18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

Chinese 1900 Qing Dynasty Bodhisattva Altar Temple-Pagoda In Wood And Carvings
Located in Miami, FL
Buddhist altar temple-pagoda from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Fabulous and very rare, East Asian
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Ivory

Marinescape with Boat Long Island NYC Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

European Architectural Colonnaded Arcade Watercolor Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Woman in Kimono
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Jade

Large European Antique Carved Painted Silver Gilt Religious Altar Niche
Located in Forney, TX
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President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Albert Hadley, Sister Parish
Located in St. Louis, MO
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Spanish Colonial Mexico Carved Painted Archangel Santo Religious Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
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20th Century Chinese Sculpture, Censer in Carved Jade
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
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Materials

Jade

19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
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The Education of Achilles by Auguste-Clément Chrétien
By Auguste-Clément Chrétien
Located in New Orleans, LA
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19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Oil

Large Antique Terracotta Water Font attributed to Lorenzo Di Mariano
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A spectacular large scale antique Italian terracotta water font after the antique. This detailed font of impressive scale is a museum copy of the original holy water basin in Cathedr...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Garden Ornaments

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Religious Thurible/Censor/Font/ Planter or Chandelier
Located in Redding, CT
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Antique 19th Century Early Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Metal, Brass

Shell Shaped Italian Marble Holy Water Stoup
Located in Victoria, BC
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20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls

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Marble

Bed Demi-Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Green Painted & Gilded Leather 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, With Gold Velvet & Gilt Embroidered Bedspread, sol...
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Antique 1720s Spanish Baroque Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Antique Art deco Chinese Rugs, A Pair
Located in Evanston, IL
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Materials

Wool

Very Rare Italian Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Eros Di Centocelle
Located in London, GB
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Materials

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Roman Marble Foot
Located in London, GB
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Albert Leon Wilson Signed Mid-Century Modern Abstract Owl Bird Buckle Sculpture
By Albert Leon Wilson
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite whimsical, engaging Mid-century Modern abstract owl/bird sculpture/belt buckle by New York artist Albert Leon Wilson. Wilson was born in 1920 in Jamaica, New Yo...
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Antique Chinese Hand Carved White Hard Jade Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Chinese hand carved white hard Jade vase. The vase is decorated with relief dragon and waves patterns, and engraved detailed motifs. Circa: early 20th century. The item, p...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Vases

Materials

Jade

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Pair of Ming Glazed Terracotta Temple Wall Tiles Depicting a Dragon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
prosperity. Thus, the orthodox Confucian view that the military was an inferior class to be ruled over by an
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Terracotta

Exceptional Burr Walnut Imperial Monogrammed Bureau-Bookcase, Scriban
Located in Werkendam, NL
(place of private devotion, f.i. private altar / chapel) behind the prospect door, giving entrance to the
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Secretaires

Materials

Brass

19th Century Russian Orthodox Enameled Bronze Folding Traveling Altar Icon
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A cast bronze three panel folding traveling altar icon. The front panel with a scene of the cross
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Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

High Relief Carved and Polychromed Triptych Russian Orthodox Icon, 18th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Russian Orthodox icon offers triptych form with high relief and polychromed figures
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Antique 18th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items

Materials

Wood

European Architectural Colonnaded Arcade Watercolor Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Watercolor

Woman in Kimono
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marinescape with Boat Long Island NYC Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sun Through the Clouds and the Waves - Big Sur Seascape
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Soquel, CA
"Marine Jumper". His former Yugoslav professor introduced the family into the Serbian Orthodox Church
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Rare French Provincial Louis XV Copper Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
recitation of psalm verses is of very ancient usage in the Catholic Church. In eastern Orthodox and Catholic
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Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Religious Items

Materials

Copper

From Sea to Shining Sea
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in San Francisco, CA
Orthodox Church community. Familiar with Alexander's work, the Bishop had him paint icons (traditionally
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

From Sea to Shining Sea
From Sea to Shining Sea
H 22 in W 29.8 in D 0.01 in
Still Life With Fruit Modernist Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Russian American Oil Painting Bucolic Pastoral Landscape with Lake
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mixed Media Under Sea Fish Fantasy Oil Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
private homes, chateaux and hotels. In 1937, he painted the ikonostasi, (the screen in front of the altar
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Golden Sunset Over Turquoise Waves - 1970s Big Sur California Seascape
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Soquel, CA
commissioned to paint the altars and interiors of nine Serbian Orthodox churches between 1951 and 1960. His
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1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Northern California Seascape at Sunset by Alex Dzigurski
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Soquel, CA
"Marine Jumper". His former Yugoslav professor introduced the family into the Serbian Orthodox Church
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"California Dreaming"
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Southampton, NY
"Marine Jumper". His former Yugoslav professor introduced the family into the Serbian Orthodox Church
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Storm Over Pacific Coast by Alex Dzigurski
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Orthodox Church community. Familiar with Alexander's work, the Bishop had him paint icons (traditionally
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Orthodox Altar For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the orthodox altar you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Expressionist, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect orthodox altar among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 17th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding an orthodox altar to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, beige, gray and more. An orthodox altar from Boris Vassiloff — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and board — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is an Orthodox Altar?

The price for an orthodox altar in our collection starts at $400 and tops out at $48,500 with the average selling for $725.