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Travel Altar

Travel Haltar
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Travel altar with eight paintings depicting Saint Augustine, the Immaculate Virgin, Saint Anthony
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Antique 17th Century Mexican American Colonial Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Travel Haltar
Travel Haltar
$30,000
H 29.53 in W 47.25 in D 16.34 in
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine, or traveling altar, with hand-carved wooden
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Boxes

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer

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
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Rare 17th Century South American Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and
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Antique Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

Rare 17th Century South American Shrine
Rare 17th Century South American Shrine
$1,800
H 27.9 in W 20.5 in D 10.5 in
Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and
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Antique Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
$1,900
H 29.5 in W 21.2 in D 11.81 in
19th Century South America "Slave" shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths. Mostly anonymous, in very
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Antique Mid-19th Century Brazilian Folk Art Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

19th Century South America "Slave" shrine
19th Century South America "Slave" shrine
$1,800
H 33.26 in W 18.7 in D 10.62 in
Gorgeous 18th Century Baroque South American Floral Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
chapel, as a shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and
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Antique Late 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

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Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Religious Items

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

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

14th CENTURY LATE MEDIEVAL GILDED WOODEN TUSCAN PLAQUE
Located in Firenze, FI
artist. It is believed that this object was part of a triptych or a small portable travel altar. The icon
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Antique 16th Century Italian Medieval Paintings

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders and a small
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Antique 18th Century European Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

18th Century Baroque Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths. Mostly anonymous, in very
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Antique 1750s Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

18th Century  Baroque Shrine
18th Century  Baroque Shrine
H 31.7 in W 15.2 in D 8.2 in
Antique Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique 1920's Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet. Gilt lacquer wood box that opens to
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Religious Items

Materials

Giltwood

Etched Brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909
Located in San Francisco, CA
Etched brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909 A folding religious travel
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Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Antique Early 20th Century Carved & Hand Painted Gothic Revival Traveling Altar
Located in Lisse, NL
for traveling purposes. We cannot verify this, because there aren't any of these altars to be found
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Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders. Beautiful
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders. Beautiful color
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Antique French leather portable travel crucifix / altar - Paris France 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very charming antique French portable travel crucifix/altar. France - Paris 19th Very beautiful
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Antique 19th Century French Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Edo Nichiren Shu Buddhist Buddha Traveling Zushi Temple Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously designed and ornamented, well-crafted Japanese Nichiren Shu Buddhist traveling Zushi
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint

Antique 18th Century Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths. Mostly
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Antique 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

17th/18thc Bolivian Carved & Painted Travelling Altar
Located in Essex, MA
Wood 3' wide travelling altar, elaborately carved and painted(original/old paint) with central
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique Japanese Traveling Altar Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja King of Wisdom Funno Son
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese traveling altar of Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja. I believe the object to be older
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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood

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21st Century and Contemporary American Bohemian Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

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Antique Fine Handcarved Oak Gothic Revival Wall Shrine / Chapel for Statuette
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Rare and good condition, Gothic-art shrine for standing or wall-hanging. This handsome and decorative, Gothic wall shrine is completely hand-crafted out of solid oak and it will loo...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Brass

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Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classic Chippendal...
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Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

Materials

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19th Century Chinese Pagoda Cabinet
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
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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. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha shrine) made from Tib...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Asian Khmer Cambodia Stoned Carved Head Bust of Male Buddhist Buddha Shiva Deity
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully sand stone-carved Asian deity figure / sculpture likely from Cambodia. The detailed head is likely that of the divinity deity Shiva, sometimes referred to as the smilin...
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Antique 19th Century Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Sandstone

Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Softwood, Lacquer

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Located in Chicago, IL
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Antique 18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

Materials

Linen, Paint

18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
$18,750 Sale Price
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Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Musical Instruments

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

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Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
$1,465,203
H 42.92 in W 108.27 in D 61.03 in
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Gothic Religious Items

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Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
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Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
$1,170 Sale Price
48% Off
H 15.75 in W 15.16 in D 8.67 in
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Located in London, GB
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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Framed Buddhist Painting
Located in Yonkers, NY
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Paintings and Screens

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Canvas, Glass, Wood

Antique Framed Buddhist Painting
Antique Framed Buddhist Painting
$1,200
H 18 in W 13 in D 1 in
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

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Travel Altar For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic travel altar available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and fabric, every travel altar was constructed with great care. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage travel altar now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect travel altar — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A travel altar is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Arts and Crafts, folk art and modern styles are sought with frequency. Jiri Krejcirik each produced at least one beautiful travel altar that is worth considering.

How Much is a Travel Altar?

A travel altar can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,660, while the lowest priced sells for $450 and the highest can go for as much as $165,850.