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"Business-Men
s Class, Y.M.C.A." George Bellows, Ashcan School Print
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in New York, NY
becoming a magazine illustrator like his idols Howard Chandler Christy and Charles Dana Gibson. Before
Category
1910s Ashcan School Antique Idols
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Pair of Silvered Wooden Reliquaries from France, Circa 1750
Located in Dallas, TX
saints as idols. Today, our pair of silvered wooden reliquaries from 18th century France would make
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Idols
Materials
Silver
Human Sacrifice in a Morai, Tahiti – Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795
Located in Langweer, NL
foreground, the sacrifice takes place near a stone platform with sacred offerings laid before idols and
Category
Early 1800s European Antique Idols
Materials
Paper
$703 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
. Maxentius, failing to convince her to sacrifice to her idols, had sent for men who were wiser than her and
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Idols
Materials
Canvas
Rudolf v. Rittner as Florian Geyer - Last man standing -
By Lovis Corinth
Located in Berlin, DE
more than 60 paintings. Corinth died in 1925 on a trip to Amsterdam to see his great idols, Frans Hals
Category
1920s Expressionist Antique Idols
Materials
Etching
Antique Engraving of Majorinus, Bishop of Carthage of the Donatist Sect, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
worshipping the gods of the old pantheon, considered idols by Christians, or surrendering church books and
Category
Early 1700s Dutch Antique Idols
Materials
Paper
$427 Sale Price
20% Off
Alberto Carlieri, Painting with Architectural Capriccio
By Alberto Carlieri
Located in IT
beginning of 50, he went to Athens to be safe. Distressed to see Athens full of idols, Paul goes to the
Category
Late 17th Century European Baroque Antique Idols
Materials
Canvas
St. Bartholomew
s Martyrdom, Painting on Vellum, after Ribera y Cucó, José
Located in Madrid, ES
was martyred: according to tradition, the king of Armenia Astiages ordered him to worship his idols
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Idols
Materials
Leather
After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
. Picasso is an idol, one of those rare creatures who act as crucibles in which the diverse and often
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Idols
Materials
Lithograph
Saharan Idol Sculpture 2nd Century BCE
Located in New York, NY
Anthropomorphic idol sculpted from green stone made in the Saharan desert in the 3rd -2nd Century
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Antique Idols
Materials
Stone
Two Blonze Idols in Asakusa, Tokyo
Located in New York, NY
Still standing, these two idols are in the Asakusa Temple. Mounted on card.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Idols
Bulldog Fallen Idol - dog watercolour painting
Located in Bristol, GB
Bull Dog Fallen Idol. Watercolour on paper.
This watercolour painting on paper aptly named Fallen
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Idols
Materials
Watercolor
Mycenaean Phi Idol, Helladic III, circa 1400–1200 BC
Located in Paris, FR
as votive offerings, thus the reason we consider them as idols. There are two types of Mycenaean
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Idols
Materials
Terracotta
Bulldog Hope - dog watercolour painting
Located in Bristol, GB
Bull Dog Fallen Idol. Watercolour on paper.
This watercolour painting on paper aptly named Fallen
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Idols
Materials
Watercolor
Plate 36: Amida, Idole adoree dans un Temple a Jedo au Japon [...].
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
The adoration of the idol Amida in a Temple in Tokyo in Japan - Idol cult / Devil worship by the
Category
1720s Antique Idols
Materials
Engraving
![Antique Plate 36: Amida, Idole adoree dans un Temple a Jedo au Japon [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1512726583238/bb12301a_master.jpg?width=240 "Plate 36: Amida, Idole adoree dans un Temple a Jedo au Japon [...].")
Mirror Framed in Vintage Maple Gymnasium Flooring, circa 1900
Located in Madison, WI
they once starred or cheered or found a furtive first love? Picture myself as a young matinee idol. Or
Category
Early 20th Century American Schoolhouse Antique Idols
Materials
Mirror, Maple
Plate 35: Temple de l
Idole Toranga au Japon [...].
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
l'Emp. Taykosama au Japon.' (Temple of the idol Toranga in Japan - Temple of the idol Canon in the city
Category
1720s Antique Idols
Materials
Engraving
![Antique Plate 35: Temple de l
Idole Toranga au Japon [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1512726981440/bb12300a_master.jpg?width=240 "Plate 35: Temple de l
Idole Toranga au Japon [...].")
European Bronze Age, 8th-6th Century BC Harvesting Sickle
Located in Zurich, Canton Zurich
moon idols, were symbolically used as well for religious purposes and ceremonies. Our rare example
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric Antique Idols
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Nude Bronze Sculpture by Affortunato Gory
By Affortunato Gory
Located in Oakland, CA
ivory idols. The concept was reintroduced and made famous by Gory and other sculptors, such as Demetre
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Idols
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Nude Bronze Sculpture by Affortunato Gory
By Affortunato Gory
Located in Oakland, CA
beginning in the century 800 BC in the creation of gold and ivory idols. The concept was reintroduced and
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Idols
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Chinese Figure (Still Life)"
By Hovsep Pushman
Located in New York, NY
aesthetics. Using objects such as this idol, he sought to capture both the intrigue and beauty of this exotic
Category
1920s Orientalism Antique Idols
Materials
Oil, Panel
Japanese Wedding Ceremony.
By J.G. Mentiel
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
in the world (China, Japan, America, Europe). The engravings show temples, idols, service-dress and
Category
Early 1700s Antique Idols
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Plate 33: Japanse Afgoden.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
This plate shows Japanese idols, a pagoda, Persian slaughter of a camel, temples etc. Extremely
Category
1720s Antique Idols
Materials
Copper
Kunichika Toyohara, Kabuki Actors, Firemen, Original Japanese Woodblock Print
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in London, GB
most of the prints popular actors served as models to show the firemen's coats. They were the idols of
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Idols
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Plate 41: Ceremonies du Mariage en Japon - Ceremonie van het Trouwen in Japon.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Marriage ceremonies in Japan. The extensive key identifies the bride and groom, idols, musicians
Category
1720s Antique Idols
Materials
Engraving
The Mosque of Urfa, a sacred place in Armenia
By Jean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin
Located in Rome, IT
Babylon condemned Abraham to the stake as he opposed himself to the cult of idols, which was practiced in
Category
1840s Romantic Antique Idols
Materials
Oil
Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Indianen [...] (right part).' - (Left side: Terrible images of Indian Idols, in pagodes placed on all road
Category
1630s Antique Idols
Materials
Engraving
![Antique Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_5923/1518095637965/ab8112_master.jpg?width=240 "Jan Huygen van Linschoten - Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].")
Le Ministere De La Marine
By Charles Meryon
Located in New York, NY
he loved. He dedicated these works to his revered idol Zeeman and between the years 1851 and 1854
Category
1860s Other Art Style Antique Idols
Materials
Etching
fetish idols
Located in Hudson, NY
two african fertitly idols originating from Benin, mounted on wooden bases
Category
Early 20th Century African Antique Idols
Materials
Wood
Stone Bactrian Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A Bactrian stone 'bag' idol. Alongside column and staff idols these intriguing objects belong to
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Sandstone
$4,160
Stone Bactrian disc Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A Bactrian stone 'bag' idol. Alongside column and staff idols these intriguing objects belong to
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Sandstone
$4,754
Bactrian Marble Aniconic Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A carved limestone ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive hole to the narrow end. 10.3 kg, 22cm (8
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A carved alabaster ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive hole to the narrow end. 10.3 kg, 22cm (8
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Alabaster
Anatolian Stone Idol Kusura Type
Located in Vosselaar, BE
anthropomorphic idol from the Kusura type with incrustation. Kusura is a village in modern Southeast Turkey and is
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Antique Idols
Materials
Stone
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering form with a undeep
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Inca idol Statue 16th Century Stone
Located in Vosselaar, BE
that these Camay also were used as idols in homes to ensure safety and good fortune and a
Category
16th Century Peruvian Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Stone
Pair of Large Bactrian Marble Column Idols
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A simular pair of Bactrian marble column idols, circa 3000-2000 BC. They have a elegant tapering
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Set of 2 Bactrian Stone Aniconic Idols
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A pair of carved limestone ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive holes to the narrow end. Lovely
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
$5,943 / set
Jean Charlot "Idol" Framed Lithograph C.1933
By Jean Charlot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Charlot "Idol" Framed Lithograph C.1933
Plate signed lithograph
Dimensions 6.75" wide 8.75
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Idols
Materials
Lithograph
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Marble Column Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian marble column idol, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has a elegant tapering form with a undeep
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Ancient South Arabian Limestone Abstract Female Idol
Located in London, GB
This enigmatic piece depicts a seated female with striking abstract features. Though its original function is now unknown, it likely has its roots in the religious traditions of pre-...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Idols
Materials
Limestone
Bactrian Marble Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.
Located in Vosselaar, BE
remains which still is being researched today. Apart from beautiful metal objects a lot of stone idols
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Set of Ancient Bactrian Marble Idol Staff Sceptors
Located in Vosselaar, BE
function of marble idols found in the Bactria-Margiana complex. All tough some think they are weights to
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Bactrian Green Marble Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.
Located in Vosselaar, BE
remains which still is being researched today. Apart from beautiful metal objects a lot of stone idols
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Marble
Interesting Rare Antique Print of Chinese Deities and Idols, 1728
By Bernard Picart
Located in Langweer, NL
Chinese deities and idols. Depicted are their God of Immortality, Ninifo, Kin-Gan, Chin-Hoan, Lincing
Category
18th Century Antique Idols
Materials
Paper
Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar
s Bowl Kashkul
Located in Atlanta, GA
, resting an axe on his shoulder. This depicts the story of prophet Ibrahim who destroyed the false idols
Category
Late 18th Century Persian Islamic Antique Idols
Materials
Wood
Stone Age Ceramic Mother Goddess Statuette
Located in Vosselaar, BE
thought to be idols of mother nature. The woman as the source of all life....
This compelling little
Category
15th Century and Earlier Serbian Archaistic Antique Idols
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Indian Solid Silver Swami Tea Set, Madras, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
religious processions with men carrying idols, a typical scenes from the Meenakshi Amman temple in southern
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Idols
Materials
Silver
19th Century Indian Solid Silver Swami Tea Set, P. Orr
Sons, Madras, c.1880
By P. Orr
Sons
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
with a religious processions with men carrying idols, a typical scenes from the Meenakshi Amman temple
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Idols
Materials
Silver
A 17th- 18th Century Tibetan Gilt Bronze Crowned Seated Buddha
Located in New York, NY
incorporated in these idols is still present.
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Idols
Late Ming Period Bronze, Lacquered and Gilded Zhen Wu
Located in Kastrup, DK
area. During the Ming Dynasty, he was exiled to the dynasty's idol, and he still plays an important
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Idols
Large Bactrian Alabaster Vessel Vase
Located in Vosselaar, BE
bronze artefacts a lot of stone objects were found. Especially the marble idols are well known and
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Idols
Materials
Alabaster
Rare Engraving of Vishnu Incarnated as the Gautama Buddha, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, titled: 'The Idol Bodhe.'
This plate shows Vishnu incarnated as the
Category
1740s Antique Idols
Materials
Paper
Chinese Ancient Hongshan Culture Pregnant Female Fertility Sculpture 4700-2900BC
Located in South Burlington, VT
. Neolithic period, Hongshan culture (circa 4700-2900 BC)
Likely a fertility idol showing a female with
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Idols
Materials
Stone
19th Century Indian Solid Silver Swami Tea Set, P. Orr
Sons, Madras circa 1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
religious processions with men carrying idols, a typical scenes from the Meenakshi Amman temple in southern
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Idols
Materials
Silver
The Holy Family
By Dominique Papety
Located in Paris, IDF
Greek linearity: "Phidias became my idol again" the artist said in a letter dated September 25, 1839, to
Category
Early 19th Century French School Antique Idols
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th Century Indian Solid Silver Swami Tea Set, P. Orr Manner, Madras
By P. Orr
Sons
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
beautifully repousse' decorated with a religious processions with men carrying idols, a typical scenes from
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Idols
Materials
Silver
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Antique Idols For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique idols for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, metal and stone, all antique idols available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique idols available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Antique idols have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Bernard Picart and Tad Hershorn are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Idols?
Antique idols can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,365, while the lowest priced sells for $109 and the highest can go for as much as $38,900.