Antique Votive

Cambodian wood votive urn, carved of turned wood creating a stupa like form with tiered lotus bud finial and urn on pedestal base, decorated in monochromatic pigments of pink and gre...

Beautiful votive figure depicting the Madonna with silk clothes and silver crown, on a wooden base painted with imitation marble.

Thai Buddhist Votive Plaque, Sukhothai style, cast  in relief from a metal alloy of tin and lead with an iron like surface of a deep brown colour, depicting a relief image of a walki...

A very fine votive silver over bronze lamp. Great detail. Dimensions: Height 45", diameter 18" CW3841.

Presenting this 12th-century Pagan votive tablet, an authentic and very special artifact from Burma’s historic Pagan period.

Material: Terracotta Material: wood Measures: 19,5 cm high 14,2 cm wide and 6,6 cm deep Weight: 1.248 kgs Bagan style Originating from Burma 12th century - original from the ...

Material: Terracotta Material: wood 20,5 cm high 15 cm wide and 9 cm deep Weight: 1.318 kgs Bagan style Originating from Burma 12th century - original from the Pagan period ...

Material: Terracotta Material: wood 19,9 cm high 15 cm wide and 9 cm deep Weight: 1.305 kgs Bagan style Originating from Burma 12th century - original from the Pagan period ...

Material: Terracotta Material: wood 20,8 cm high 15 cm wide and 9 cm deep Weight: 1.403 kgs Bagan style Originating from Burma 12th century - original from the Pagan period ...

This 12th century Pagan Votive Tablet Material: Terracotta 20,8 cm high 15 cm wide and 9 cm deep Bagan style 12th century - original from the Pagan period Special !

It’s also larger than many Pyu votives I’ve seen, around 3.5 by 3 inches, and about 5 3/8 inches tall on the custom stand.

What I especially like here is the scale. Most surviving votives of this type are much smaller and heavily worn down.

Antique print titled 'Plaque Votive (..)'. Large format, color lithographed plate of a votive plaque.

Large Dance or Votive Mask, carved wood with geometric decoration in blue, orange, and white Burkina Faso, circa 1910–1920 Height: 80 cm This large carved wooden mask, richly decora...

Rare Votive Miniature Silver Figure of Ganesha Rajasthan, 19th–Early 20th Century Dimensions: 5 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm Weight: 23.8 grams Material: Solid silver Provenance: Rajasthan, India ...

This antique Nepalese stone votive relief of Vajrapani is a finely carved 18th-century devotional sculpture originating from Nepal.

A Large European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior Wearing a Typical Flowing Moustache Small Beard and Curling Locks of Hair Stiffened with Lime Wash the Slit Mou...

Antique Indian Silver-Clad Votive Figures – Set of 3 19th Century Rajasthan or Gujarat A Rare Set of Three Antique Indian Silver-Clad Wooden Votive Figures Western India, Likely R...

A finely cast South Indian bronze votive figure, likely dating to the 18th century, rendered in a distinctive folk idiom.

Pair of Votive Silver Cow Figures – Rajasthan, 19th to Early 20th Century Provenance: Rajasthan, India Date: 19th to early 20th century Material: Solid silver This rare pair of voti...

A large antique early 19th century Indian brass votive oil lamp modeled as the Hindu deity, Lord Ganesha, circa 1800.

Grand Tour Bronze Apollo Belvedere After Leochares, Votive, or Oil Lamp Italy, circa late 19th century  A fine example of classical antiquity is this exquisite Grand Tour bronze sc...

Old Tribal stone squatting spring figure with hands raised in namaste position, traces of clay and incrustation, expressive carved face. These were protective figures used in Nepal. ...

Beautiful mottled stone with carved flattened bottom, two biconical holes surround the figures top, meeting in the middle. Probable a votive or ritual object with beautiful sculptura...

They were literally being pulled out of a sack filled with excavated Burmese votives from an overgrown jungle site somewhere across the border.

At the top of these original 18th-century lamp arms is the ferrule for a candle while at the lower end we see the hook for hanging the chain for the votive lamp. They are oversized ...

Hachas, getting their name from the word for axe, were ritual stone sculptures used in the Mayan ceremonial ball game, typically, in similar form to this example, with a notch in the...

Originally adorned with a bronze head and legs, this statuary piece would have been a large votive offering in a tomb or funerary environment.

This small clay plaque is an antique tsatsa amulet, a form of votive offering created by devotees of Tibetan Buddhism.

Ex-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images typically portraying Christ an...

This type of coin is called an obol, a small silver coin used both for daily exchanges and for votive offerings. The coin in question refers to Massalia, an ancient Greek colony loca...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

In earlier periods, representations of idealized men and women were common; these votive pieces served as images of the donor. From the 4th century BC onwards, however, these figurin...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

However, the frequent discovery of comparable vessels in funerary contexts indicates that they also possessed a significance beyond everyday use, serving as grave goods, votive or f...

Offering an extensive collection of unique religious objects spanning many centuries, regions, cultures and religions, from authentic holy relics, early Christian artifacts, monstran...

They were frequently deposited as votive offerings in sanctuaries, dedicated to deities in fulfilment of prayers or acts of devotion, while others accompanied the dead in funerary co...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are also thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice.

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are also thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice.

These statuettes may have functioned as votive offerings, decorative objects, or commemorative representations celebrating the cultural importance of theatrical performance.

Here, the motif transforms the figure from a simple classical maiden into something more symbolic—perhaps a participant in a forgotten ceremony, priestess, votive figure, or guardian...

Ex-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images typically portraying Christ an...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Associated with purity and transcendence, it was placed within temples as both a decorative and votive element. The two examples, cast in bronze and covered with lacquer gilding, dis...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

For Tatjana Brahms (1994), on the other hand, it would be a topographical element, which would identify the specific sanctuary to which the votive sculpture was offered: it would the...

Ex-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images typically portraying Christ an...

As a result, the Charioteer of Delphi is also a part of the famed votive offerings as a majority of Greek art is. The other fragment, being more unreadable, suggests that the Chariot...

Examples of such refined stoneware have been found in settlements, cemeteries, and sanctuaries alike; with the smallest examples likely used as votive offerings. Particularly popular...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

Frequently discovered in tombs and sanctuaries, they are thought to have served as votive or funerary offerings, symbolic representations of sustenance or ritual practice deposited t...

The interior includes shelves for displaying religious images, saints, or votive offerings. The pieces show wear, losses, and restorations consistent with their use and the passage o...