Buddhist Antique

Antique Japanese Scrolls

Japanese Buddhist Screen

Category

15th Century and Earlier American Artist Buddhist Antique

Materials

Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Silver

Ancient Lapis Lazuli Spoon Shaped Pendants, Lapis and Carnelian Beads, Silver

$3,200

Pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Lokapala (Guardian Figures)

Located in Seattle, WA

Guardian Kings, who in Buddhist thought are believed to protect the four cardinal points. Believed to dwell

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Lokapala (Guardian Figures)

$14,000 / set

Late 14th Century, Stone Buddha Head, Yuan Dynasty, Art of China

Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK

number of religious foundations that Tibetan Buddhism received the active support of the court. Buddhist

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Buddhist Antique

Materials

Stone

Late 14th Century, Stone Buddha Head, Yuan Dynasty, Art of China

$45,000

Antique Spinach Green Jade Kwan Yin on Carved Stand

Located in SOMIS, CA

chest. The bottle contains willow water, according to Buddhist scripts, which has healing power and can

Category

19th Century Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Jade

Antique Spinach Green Jade Kwan Yin on Carved Stand

$3,550 / set

Gandhara Bust, a Bodhisattva or a Minor Divinity

Located in Paris, FR

melancholic expression which we can recognize, in a Buddhist context, an infinite sadness given the human

Category

15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Buddhist Antique

Materials

Stucco

Gandhara Bust, a Bodhisattva or a Minor Divinity

$28,423

Ancient Tabular Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli Beads with Granulated 20k Gold Spacers

Located in Bloomington, IN

, this was part of the Buddhist kingdom of Uddiyana. Uddiyana was of considerable strategic and

Category

15th Century and Earlier American Artist Buddhist Antique

Materials

Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Gold

Ancient Tabular Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli Beads with Granulated 20k Gold Spacers

$4,600

Katsushika Hokusai, Mount Fuji, Fog, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Edo

By Katsushika Hokusai

Located in London, GB

place of worship and pilgrimage for ascetic Buddhists and Shinto sects alike. The series followed

Category

19th Century Buddhist Antique

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Antique Katsushika Hokusai, Mount Fuji, Fog, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Edo

Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai, Mount Fuji, Fog, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Edo, 1835-1880

$614

Ming Dynasty Wooden Polychromed Bodhisattva

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

. Although Buddhist texts do not specify the gender of bodhisattvas, the early examples tend to be male. From

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Ming Dynasty Wooden Polychromed Bodhisattva

$120,000

Pair of Stone Sculptures of Children at Play

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Buddhist ailment jar. Traces of the original pigments remain between the folds of the clothing and on the

Category

18th Century Chinese Qing Buddhist Antique

Materials

Stone

Pair of Stone Sculptures of Children at Play

$55,000 / set

Japanese Six-Fold Screen

Located in London, GB

Momoyama period (1573-1615). The screen is one of a pair of classical Buddhist landscapes depicting the

Category

18th Century and Earlier Japanese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Ink, Paper

Japanese Six-Fold Screen

Pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Lokapala (Guardian Figures)

Located in Seattle, WA

Lokapala represent two of the four Guardian Kings, who in Buddhist thought are believed to protect the four

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Lokapala (Guardian Figures)

$28,000 / set

Japanese Pilgram s Coat

Located in Seattle, WA

, Japan. It is believed all eighty-eight temples were visited by the famous Buddhist monk Kukai, who was

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Cotton

Japanese Pilgram s Coat

$1,600

15th Century Mahasiddha

Located in Los Angeles, CA

beings) held in reverence by Tibetan Buddhists. Mahasiddhas were believed to have been actual historical

Category

18th Century and Earlier Tibetan Tibetan Buddhist Antique

Materials

Ormolu, Silver

15th Century Mahasiddha

$7,200

Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This rotund Buddha has considerable religious and historical significance to Buddhists and

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha

$54,628

Dining-Room Furniture for Honorary Governor of French India, circa 1908

By Ecole des Art et Métiers

Located in Paris, FR

(divinities on the doors of the furniture and on the backs of the chairs) and Buddhist of the Far East

Category

Early 20th Century Indian Other Buddhist Antique

Materials

Palisander

Dining-Room Furniture for Honorary Governor of French India, circa 1908

$61,584 / set

Taoist Temple Scroll, framed

Located in Chicago, IL

holds a Buddhist Ju-I scepter in both hands as a symbol of his authority. He is usually depicted with

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Taoist Temple Scroll, framed

$7,895

Ningxia Mat

Located in San Francisco, CA

ground. The lotus is one of the eight Buddhist treasures. It is a sacred flower also held in esteem by

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Ningxia Mat

Hardwood Budai/Hotei

Located in Manchester, GB

(907–923 AD). He was a native of Zhejiang, and his Buddhist name was Qieci literally "Promise this

Category

1920s Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Hardwood Budai/Hotei

$3,755

Large Bronze Alloy Figure of Buddha Maravijaya

Located in Paris, FR

that time in Laos. Lao Buddhist sculptures borrowed heavily from the northern Thai styles produced at

Category

16th Century Laotian Buddhist Antique

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Alloy Figure of Buddha Maravijaya

$47,372

18th Century Shan Gilt Wooden Sculpture of the Buddha

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Buddhist, and their language and customs are closely related to the Thai and Laotians, their neighbours to

Category

18th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

18th Century Shan Gilt Wooden Sculpture of the Buddha

$12,000

Gandharan Schist Lintel Depicting the Division of the Buddha s Relics

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

hands. This was an incredibly significant event in the Buddhist narrative as it was believed that

Category

15th Century and Earlier Afghan Buddhist Antique

Materials

Schist

Gandharan Schist Lintel Depicting the Division of the Buddha s Relics

$32,776

18th Century Shan Marble Buddha Head

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Buddhist, and their language and customs are closely related to the Thai and Laotians, their neighbors to

Category

18th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Marble

18th Century Shan Marble Buddha Head

$11,608

Shrine Cabinet

Located in Chicago, IL

Tibetan Buddhist ritual and practice. Few authentic examples are found today, making authentic examples

Category

19th Century Tibetan Buddhist Antique

Shrine Cabinet

$21,950

Art Deco Mandarin Chinese Antique Oriental Rug

Located in Sarasota, FL

Buddhist knotted ribbon sign, and a beautifully drawn planter on a table containing a riot of flowers. I

Category

1910s Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wool

Art Deco Mandarin Chinese Antique Oriental Rug

$6,500

18th Century Gilt Bronze Buddha Maravijaya in Bhumisparsha Mudra, Cambodia

Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK

With the period of Phnom Udong, Buddhist art is at its peak and the themes of Buddhism are put

Category

Late 18th Century Cambodian Other Buddhist Antique

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Gilt Bronze Buddha Maravijaya in Bhumisparsha Mudra, Cambodia

$48,000

Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug "Sayagata" Design

Located in Crondall, Surrey

Tibetan and other Buddhist monasteries. Occasionally these rugs are inscribed in Tibetan character to give

Category

Early 1900s Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug "Sayagata" Design

$6,145

18th Century Imperial Chinese Fountain Carved in White Marble

Located in Lisbon, PT

corner in high relief with a Buddhist lion flanking an Archaistic foliate scroll intertwined in the

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Marble

18th Century Imperial Chinese Fountain Carved in White Marble

Extremely Rare and Important Stone Oversized Buddha Head Sculpture

Located in Vancouver, BC

period, a crowned Buddha image appeared, contrary to Buddhist belief that all worldly materialism should

Category

15th Century and Earlier Asian Han Buddhist Antique

Materials

Stone

Extremely Rare and Important Stone Oversized Buddha Head Sculpture

Gandhara Schist Relief of Hariti and Pancika

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

depicted with a cornucopia. This kind of interaction between Classical and Buddhist artistic conventions is

Category

15th Century and Earlier Indian Buddhist Antique

Materials

Schist

Gandhara Schist Relief of Hariti and Pancika

$16,388

Gansu Rug

Located in San Francisco, CA

believed that the rugs were woven to be used as a table covering in a Buddhist temple. Some treatises

Category

19th Century Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Gansu Rug

18th Century Mandalay Marble Seated Buddha

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Buddhist Mandala, giving the city its name. Although this short-lived kingdom finally fell to the British

Category

Late 18th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Marble

18th Century Mandalay Marble Seated Buddha

$24,582

Early 19th Century, Pair of Sake Tables, Edo Period, Art of Japan

Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK

build a Buddhist temple Takao-san on it. The background is colored by sprinkling different densities

Category

Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century, Pair of Sake Tables, Edo Period, Art of Japan

$6,400 / set

Ming Dynasty Wooden Polychromed Guanyin

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

historical Buddha Shakyamuni. Although Buddhist texts do not specify the gender of bodhisattvas, the early

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Ming Dynasty Wooden Polychromed Guanyin

$150,000

Pair of Boys on Kylins

Located in New York, NY

body of a deer but scaly, the tail of a Buddhist lion, and the hooves of a goat.” Much like the

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Boys on Kylins

$165,000 / set

Yueyao Glaze Funerary Jar

Located in New York, NY

return to the tomb. Depictions on these jars also represent a combination of Daoist, Buddhist, and

Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Buddhist Antique

Yueyao Glaze Funerary Jar

$55,000

16th Century Nepalese Wooden Mask of Bhairava

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

and Buddhists (conceived in the form of Mahakala), try to appease him. This large and impressive head

Category

16th Century Nepalese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

16th Century Nepalese Wooden Mask of Bhairava

$24,582

Gupta Period Stone Head of the Buddha

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Buddhist faith. Interestingly, the Hindu cults of Saivism and Vaisnavism shared many characteristics of

Category

15th Century and Earlier Indian Buddhist Antique

Materials

Stone

Gupta Period Stone Head of the Buddha

$43,702

Imperial Ningxia Chinese Antique Oriental Rug

Located in Sarasota, FL

recite Buddhist scriptures for 100 days’ The gold shrine containing the relics of the late 6th

Category

Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wool

Imperial Ningxia Chinese Antique Oriental Rug

$45,000

Superb Chinese Sino Tibetan Silver Altar Vessel 19th Century 中国古董

Located in London, GB

designs embellished dragon floral cloud and Buddhist motives High grade almost pure silver Period: 19th

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Silver

Superb Chinese Sino Tibetan Silver Altar Vessel 19th Century 中国古董

$2,389

Buddhist Disciple

Located in Yonkers, NY

Carved teak Buddhist disciple with vintage lacquer & gold leaf. Mandalay, Burma, ca. 1830. 14.25

Category

19th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Buddhist Disciple

$3,500

Buddhist Embroidery

Located in Palm Desert, CA

Category

15th Century and Earlier Buddhist Antique

Buddhist Embroidery, Japanese, Edo Period, dated 1713

Buddhist Scroll Painting

Located in Chicago, IL

An 18th century Japanese silk and paper mounted hanging scroll depicting the Buddhist goddess

Category

18th Century and Earlier Japanese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Copper

Buddhist Scroll Painting

$1,280

Thai Buddhist Painting

Located in Dallas, TX

Thai buddhist painting featuring dragons and figures in a landscape. 19th Century

Category

19th Century Thai Folk Art Buddhist Antique

Materials

Paper

Thai Buddhist Painting

$2,400

Buddhist Temple Cabinet

Located in Wainscott, NY

A fine example of a Buddhist Temple Cabinet with a wonderful patina. It includes a 'secret

Category

19th Century Chinese Buddhist Antique

Buddhist Temple Cabinet

$8,300

Buddhist Metal Temple Flowers

Located in Hudson, NY

Buddhist metal temple flowers, Meiji Period (1868-1912) lotus flowers and leaves with nickel and

Category

Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Buddhist Antique

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate, Nickel

Buddhist Metal Temple Flowers

$8,500 / set

Chinese Buddhist Guardian Deity

Located in Chicago, IL

protectors of the four directional quarters of the universe, and Buddhist devotees helped popularize this

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Buddhist Antique

Materials

Paint, Wood

Chinese Buddhist Guardian Deity

$1,380

Japanese Buddhist Shinto Shrine

Located in Chicago, IL

Shinto shrines are rarely available today and this one is a fine (and large) example. The shrine is from Meiji period (1868 - 1912 A.D.). Gilt bi-folded doors and a exquisitely carve...

Category

19th Century Japanese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Japanese Buddhist Shinto Shrine

$10,000

Impressive Antique Buddhist Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Beautiful example of Bodhisattwa sculpture. Remains of lacquer are visible throughout the surface. Finely carved details. This kind of Bodhisattwa appeared in China about 800 year...

Category

19th Century Chinese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Wood

Impressive Antique Buddhist Sculpture

$5,900

Buddhist Sitting Monk in Marble

Located in Kastrup, DK

Buddhist sitting Monk made in marble. From Burma. Original condition.

Category

18th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Marble

Buddhist Sitting Monk in Marble

$4,737

Pair of Giltwood Buddhist Apostles

Located in Chicago, IL

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha had two first Chief Disciples, Sāriputta and

Category

19th Century Burmese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Giltwood, Teak

Pair of Giltwood Buddhist Apostles

$6,900 / set

19th Century Japanese Lacquered Buddhist Shrine

Located in Chicago, IL

A 19th century Japanese lacquered Buddhist shrine with a triad of deities and gilt lacquered

Category

19th Century Japanese Buddhist Antique

19th Century Japanese Lacquered Buddhist Shrine

$1,080

Dehua Porcelain Buddhist Deity, 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Dehua porcelain Buddhist Deity, Chinese white, 19th century, Asia, Quanine, Home Decor H 31 cm, L

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Buddhist Antique

Materials

Porcelain

Dehua Porcelain Buddhist Deity, 19th Century

$5,329

Japanese Black lacquer Buddhist offering table.

Located in Hudson, NY

T10052 Japanese Black lacquer Buddhist offering table with gilded vine design, c

Category

19th Century Japanese Buddhist Antique

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Black lacquer Buddhist offering table.

Antique Japanese Miniature Buddhist Altar Table

Located in Hudson, NY

Antique Japanese miniature Buddhist altar table. Made of lacquered and giltwood with bronze

Category

Early 1800s Japanese Edo Buddhist Antique

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Miniature Buddhist Altar Table

$6,500

Nepalese Buddhist Brass Filigree Votive Plaque

Located in Astoria, NY

Nepalese Buddhist Brass Filigree Votive Plaque, late 19th century, with coral, turquoise, cabochons

Category

19th Century Nepalese Other Buddhist Antique

Materials

Coral, Multi-gemstone, Brass

Nepalese Buddhist Brass Filigree Votive Plaque

$950

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco

Located in Austin, TX

A Ming Dynasty Buddhist fresco featuring an image of the Bodhisattva Guanyin flanked by two

Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese Buddhist Antique

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco

$6,500

Pair of Buddhist Temple Flowers, Japan

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Bronzed Patinated Steel These two wall sconces were used to decorate Buddhist altars. The gold

Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Buddhist Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of Buddhist Temple Flowers, Japan

$5,800

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Buddhist Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic buddhist antique available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and bronze, every buddhist antique was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the buddhist antique you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A buddhist antique made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one buddhist antique that is appealing in its simplicity, but Japanese School produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Buddhist Antique?

A buddhist antique can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,811, while the lowest priced sells for $99 and the highest can go for as much as $333,141.