Used Altars

The style was heavily revived by the Italian sculptor and architect, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who designed the massive bronze Solomonic columns for the altar canopy in New St. Peter's B...

Traditionally used as a crowning element in a Baroque high altar or above a cathedral pulpit, this piece represents the pinnacle of late Enlightenment-era ecclesiastical carving. ​

French circa 1950 “pique cierge” that is, a large and freestanding candlestick to place at the church altar or anywhere around the room. The black metal structure is mounted with a p...

By its hierarchical proportions, frontality and the simplification of faces and folds, this sculpture belongs to the corpus of early Anna Selbdritt works that appeared in the Rhenish...

The cross is mounted on a stepped circular base, giving it a sculptural, freestanding presence suitable for an altar or domestic devotional setting. Subtle surface wear and patina ar...

This suggests that the sculpture was intended to be displayed primarily from the front, possibly in front of a wall, in a shrine, or on an altar. Traces of an older polychrome paint ...

The piece features a refined central scene of Neoclassical inspiration, with female figures around an altar, executed with great chromatic delicacy and remarkable painterly quality.

The crown was originally part of a canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The piece has been preserved and transformed into a figurative work of ar...

Originally designed as ecclesiastical altar sticks, these floor-standing masterpieces now serve as premier focal points of any interiors.

Rich in character and historical charm, this piece would have served as a sacred shrine or altar, making it highly desirable for collectors of antique Indian wooden temples, religiou...

Considered the embodiment of compassion, this bodhisattva spreads guidance and wisdom and is instantly available to all who call upon him with their mind. Placed upon an altar table ...

When a traveling family, monk, or lama set up camp, the table would be unpacked to serve two main functions: Portable Altar: It acted as a temporary, sacred Buddhist shrine to suppor...

Sassanian coinage is well known for its bold and distinctive designs, typically featuring a crowned royal bust on the obverse and a Zoroastrian fire altar on the reverse. These coins...

Select Commissions Mural Sculpture, Lobby, Louisville Radio Station WAVE Fountain, commissioned by Architectural Interiors, New York City Model, designed and executed for Festival of...

Such devotional figures were central to household and church altars, often dressed in textiles and used during nativity celebrations or processions.

A meaningful addition to any sacred space, home altar, or spiritual art collection. #9070

This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra...

The crown was originally part of an architectural canopy of a devotional structure or altar in a historical Italian church. The piece has been preserved and transformed into a figura...

Extremely well cast winged goddess of victory seated on a classical style klismos chair leaning over a burning altar. To the front and sides of the figure are two inkwells.

It was used for all the red porphyry columns in Rome, the togas on busts of emperors, the panels in the revetment of the Pantheon, the Column of Constantine in Istanbul as well as th...

It was probably intended to be placed on a private altar or as decoration in some room of a Roman domus.

Many of the features have been used in the local community for building materials, such as the pews, chandelier, flooring, altar and organ. Yet it still remains as a beautiful buildi...

The red word Officium employs an older term for the Introit—the chant sung as the celebrant and ministers entered and approached the altar. The sequence of texts establishes the lea...

Its bold, architectural silhouette is softened by the rounded stones at each terminus, glowing like altar embers. On the reverse, a concealed reliquary compartment hints at its sacre...

Its top is partially worn from honest use possibly as an altar top for candles (as there are remnants of red wax still present.)

Intricately bronzed fittings on door. Altar is 3"W when closed, above measurements are when altar is open.

The Moses engravings depict pivotal moments from the Exodus story, including Moses defeating the Amalekites, the construction of an altar, the destruction of Pharaoh's forces in the ...

The use of each type varied over time, and altars and cinerary urns would in fact lose importance throughout the 2nd century AD, in favour of sarcophagi.

A spectacular late 18th century simulated marble Italian architectural model of an arched monument or altar originating from Italy, c.1780. Made from wood and composition, this deco...

As though balancing a basket on his head, each ho ho boy is topped with a small cup for burning oil, likely for use during ancestor worship on a home altar.

The Italian antique metal drip tray is from a large altar candlestick that has been used for the base.

Bronze church altar candelabra with angel and floral motif.

Its semicircular shape suggests that it may originally have formed part of a church interior, an architectural overdoor, a choir or altar surround, or another substantial piece of ec...

This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra...

A compelling sculptural object bridging Mexican religious folk art and modern collectible design, well suited for curated interiors, altar-inspired displays, or folk art collections.

Ideal for interior designers seeking sculptural tabletop accents, or collectors of Mexican Modernism, Taxco silver, and artisan ceramics, this piece brings warmth, narrative, and ref...

During the turbulent transition from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period, smaller, personal Buddhist images like this were commissioned by wealthy patrons or devout samurais...

She was above the main altar for approximately 500 years. The Virgin is placed on a wall bracket that has been made of two Capitals that were part of her original altar.

Inspired by imagined ancient cultures and sacred rituals, each sculpture becomes a talisman, a protector, or a miniature altar. The artist blends form and symbolism, creating objects...

The flat back indicates that the sculpture was intended for placement in a niche, small altar, or retable. Condition: in good condition.

With or without candles, they will make a striking pair on a mantel, side table, console, altar, cabinet or in a curated collection of religious art.

The scene features a series of stylized trees, vessels, and altar-like stands, interspersed with symbolic objects and delicate botanical elements, reflecting the strong Chinese influ...

Flanking the vase are scholarly objects and altar vessels, symbolizing prosperity, refinement, and harmony — a theme frequently found in Chinese Deco carpets of the 1920s and 1930s.

The four principal border panels each enclose a distinct Neoclassical scene: a procession of draped female figures before a columned altar; a warrior or hero in classical armour with...

These pieces were typically kept on home altars or in local temples where centuries of incense smoke (notable on the figure’s left side, photo #10) and climate exposure created this ...

These pieces were typically kept on home altars or in local temples where centuries of incense smoke (notable on the figure’s left side, photo #10) and climate exposure created this ...

His most notable work includes murals painted for the Bethlehem Church [Brooklyn], an Altar piece in the Zion Church [Worcester, Mass.], and a memorial portrait and altar piece in th...

These are known as shokudai (燭台) in Japanese, and this particular style, often with a spike for holding the candle, is frequently found in Buddhist temple altars. These are likely ...

His most notable work includes murals painted for the Bethlehem Church [Brooklyn], an Altar piece in the Zion Church [Worcester, Mass.], and a memorial portrait and altar piece in th...

These works were often used in altars, chapels, or private devotions, especially among Catholic families.

He is also known for having designed Notre-Dame's monumental bronze altar, which was installed in 1981.

A pair of 16th Century Spanish altar panels of Cherubs Representing the Omnipresence of God mounted on a Lucite panel with a double frame of hand-carved and finished wood.

Standing a commanding 34.5 inches tall and over 20 inches in diameter, this architectural marvel was originally commissioned to enclose a primary load-bearing structural column withi...

Tuvo tal éxito que pronto en Valencia le encargaron las pinturas de del Altar Mayor de la iglesia El Buen Pastor, en la calle Erudito Orellana y posteriormente en la iglesia de San F...

This sculpture features a bold, ritualistic silhouette—a flared, altar-like base supporting a vertical shaft capped by a voluptuous, continuous loop handle.

This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra...

Executed by the renowned Parisian Maison Poussielgue-Rusand—the premier "Orfèvre du Roi" and liturgical bronzier to the French Cathedrals—this pair was originally commissioned for a ...

The design is arranged in three horizontal registers, each depicting stylized altar tables bearing an assortment of vases, censers, and flowering branches, accompanied by symbolic im...

The relatively small size indicates a functional liturgical use (chapel, secondary altar or monastic context), rather than a later decorative object.

The view captures the altar, theatre, thrones, pulpit, and seating galleries arranged before the grand procession entered.