19th Century Hand-Carved Portable Vishnu Shrine from Rajasthan
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Portable Shrine Depicting the Pastimes of Lord Vishnu India, 19th century A beautifully crafted wooden portable shrine intricately painted and designed to unfold in layers, each door...
Wood
Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
Known as a Gau, this portable shrine was used for prayer during travels or pilgrimages to hold sacred objects that offered protective powers.
Copper, Silver
Thai wooden bird/lucky ornament/amulet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It looks like the phoenix that is displayed at the top of a portable shrine during festivals. Why not decorate your entrance or living room with this lucky charm?
Wood
$199Sale Price|30% Off
20th Century Tibetan Leather, Brass Ghau Prayer Bag
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box/bag worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Leather
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Original "Asakusa Festival". Sensoji Temple Tokyo vintage poster Japan
Located in Spokane, WA
The Sanja (Sensoji) Festival of Asakusa Shrine is held on the third weekend in May. It became very popular during the Edo period (1603-1868), and today it features the parading of mo...
Offset
Hindu Fire-Walking Ceremony in Honor of Dharma Raja – Engraving, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
In the background, priests or attendants carry a small portable shrine containing a deity, framed by palm fronds and temple-like ornaments.
Paper
Japanese Momoyama Bronze Standing Buddha with Aureole, late 16th–17th Century
Located in New York, NY
Originally intended for a zushi (portable shrine) or a private household altar (butsudan), sculptures of this type served as intimate devotional images for daily Buddhist practice.
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Buddha Statue in Blessing Posture, Thailand
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Originally housed in an Edo period zushi, a portable shrine, this statue carries with it a sense of reverence and spirituality.
Bronze
Japanese Zushi Shrine, Hand-Carved Lacquer & Giltwood
Located in Bradenton, FL
Finely crafted Japanese Zushi (portable Buddhist shrine) that features a delicately carved standing Buddhist figure housed within a black lacquered cabinet with hinged doors.
Metal
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors.
Metal, Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 15.36 in W 4.34 in D 10.44 in
19th Century Indian Religious Portable Shrine Shiva Lingam Lakhmi Ganash Parvati
Located in Brighton, GB
A five piece portable bronze religious shrine showing Shiva Lingam (cosmic egg) and Ganash and Parvati attended by her sister Lakshmi, circa 1860.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 14.89 in W 9.69 in D 0.04 in
Eizan, Ukiyo-e, Early 19th Century, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Beauty
By Kikugawa Eizan
Located in London, GB
A child has fallen asleep after a bout of play: beside him is a miniature omikoshi, a portable shrine transported to different spiritual locations during festivals.
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Untitled (Landscape with Figure)
By Joseph Cornell
Located in New York, NY
He was a shy artist, who lived on sweets, worshiped forgotten divas and made portable shrines to them - his version of spiritual art - in the basement of the small house he shared wi...
Other Medium
Untitled (How to Make a Rainbow)
By Joseph Cornell
Located in New York, NY
He was a shy artist, who lived on sweets, worshiped forgotten divas and made portable shrines to them - his version of spiritual art - in the basement of the small house he shared wi...
Screen
Unavailable
H 16.15 in W 10.24 in D 6.3 in
Rare Large, 18th-19th Century Japanese Hanging Mask of Beshimi Type
Located in Berlin, Berlin
One of the travelers, however, is a pilgrim, possibly journeying to (or returning from) Kompira Shrine on Shikoku Island. The pilgrim is dressed in white and carrying a portable shri...
Wood
Rare Collection of 19th Century Tibetan Reliqueries
Located in Washington, DC
A "Ghau" is a portable altar, shrine, or prayer box used while traveling.
Wood
18th c. Portable Shrine
Located in Madrid, ES
Small portable shrine with bronze candlesticks. Fur lined box
Bronze
Sold
H 1 in W 11 in D 3 in
Qing Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Wood Carved Portable Shrine with Bronze Bell.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Qing Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Wood Carved Portable Shrine with Bronze Bell. Imperial Qing Dynasty Chinese intricately carved openwork altar shrine.
Bronze
Early 20th Century Tibetan Traveling Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
Known as a gau, this portable shrine was used for prayer during travels or pilgrimages, its fabric pouch used to hold sacred objects that offered protective powers.
Brass, Steel
Silver Tibetan Prayer Box with Turquoise and Coral
Located in Chicago, IL
It probably once held a protective, religious relic or was used as a portable shrine. The body is finely crafted out of silver and is adorned with turquoise and coral—two of the “fiv...
Coral, Turquoise, Silver
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Silver
Sold
H 8.5 in W 7 in D 3 in
Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Silver, Bronze
Tibetan Shrine Box with Chenresi Tsakli, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Adorned with Buddhist iconography and enveloped in a rich patina, this small wooden box is a 19th century portable Tibetan shrine and likely once contained a Buddhist statue or praye...
Ceramic, Fabric, Wood
Sold
H 14.57 in W 5.79 in D 5.67 in
Late 20th / early 21st century Old metal Buddhist shrine from Nepal
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Traditionally used as a portable altar or household shrine, such pieces serve as sacred spaces for prayer, meditation, and offerings.
Metal
Sold
H 5.5 in W 3.5 in L 5.5 in
13th-16th Century Bronze Shrine for Kubera, the God of Riches from India
Located in Point Richmond, CA
13th-16th century bronze shrine for Kubera from India. This is a small lost wax cast portable bronze shrine of Kubera, the god of riches and guardian of the north.
Bronze
Tibetan Round Traveling Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
Chances are that It once held a protective, religious relic or was used as a portable shrine. The body of this shrine has intricately detailed chasing (engraving).
Coral, Brass, Steel
Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
Known as a Gau, this portable shrine was used for prayer during travels or pilgrimages to hold sacred objects that offered protective powers.
Silver, Copper
Sold
H 1.25 in Dm 3.25 in
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Carved Silver Turquoise Gau Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Silver
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Silver
Tibetan Protection Amulet Gau Box with Seated Buddha Relief
Located in Somis, CA
This striking Tibetan Gau box showcases traditional craftsmanship and spiritual symbolism. The square-shaped portable shrine features a raised depiction of a Buddha seated in dhyana ...
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.
Silver
Antique Japanese Zushi
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fine example of an antique Zushi (travelling, or portable Shrine) from the Edo Period (1603-1868 A.D.).
Brass
19th Century Andean Huamanga Stone Retablo Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good 19th century Andean retablo box (portable shrine). The interior with various hand painted saints, animals and musicians, each carved in huamanga stone, a soft and pure form of...
Wood
19th Century Portable Shrine of Santiago Matamoros, St. James
By Laguna Santero
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small Bulto of Santiago Matamoros mounted on his customary white horse, set inside a soft-pink painted wood box (portable shrine) with charming, pink paper flowers and Primitive, f...
Paste, String, Wood, Paint, Paper