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Religious Items For Sale
Place of Origin: Asian
Place of Origin: West Asian
Pair Thai Gilt Bronze Kneeling Sacred Angels,
White Lotus
Fans Take Notice!
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Thai gilt bronze Buddhist gatekeeper male and female Teppanom kneeling sacred angels. With wonderful verdigris patina and gilt ceremonial costumes and jewellery.
Teppanom ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Russian Orthodox Chalice And Paten – Early 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Russian Orthodox Chalice And Paten – Early 20th Century"
Antique Russian Orthodox Chalice and Paten – Early 20th Century
An authentic Russian Orthodox liturgical chalice with match...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Other Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Hand-Carved 19th C. Fragments from India
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of 19th century Hindu temple fragments. This pair of antique fragments were elements of a section of hand-carved wood frieze, within a...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$3,050 / set
Large Antique Roman Hymnal or Song Book “Antiphonaire”, 1862
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Impressive antique hymnal or songbook titled "Antiphonaire, Antiphonarium Romanum," featuring Latin Gregorian hymns of Psalms, dated 1862.
This large ...
Category
1860s Georgian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Leather, Paper
An Olivewood Esther Scroll Case and Parchment Scroll, Jerusalem C. 1950
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful example of mid-20th century Jerusalem craftsmanship, this hand-carved Esther Scroll case is fashioned from locally sourced olivewood and feat...
Category
1950s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Hide, Wood, Olive
Large Wood Sculpture of Boddhisatva Head Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large antique Chinese carved wood sculpture of a Boddhisattva head circa 16-17th century from Ming Dynasty. Likely part of a full body life-size statue, the head was finely carved, p...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Bezalel Jerusalem Shabbat Tray
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Bezalel Jerusalem wooden tray inlaid with Jerusalem stone and mother of pearl.
The large tray is carved with the Seven Species on its...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century Russian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Russian Empire, circa 1896.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The Hebrew name Zisel Dresler with the Jewish year 5673 is engraved on the lower part of the pointer.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing index finger.
Original chain is connected to suspension loop at the top of upper section of the pointer.
Marked with Russian silver hallmarks...
Category
1890s Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Exquisite 1950 Handmade Silver Filigree Mezuzah by Artist Zadok
Located in New York, NY
This stunning, large handmade Mezuzah case was crafted in Jerusalem in the 1950s by the renowned artist Zadok. Made of sterling silver, as marked with the 925 stamp, the piece showca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Indian Buffalo in Wood of the 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb 19th century Indian buffalo in wood
Very beautiful Indian work representing an elongated buffalo which has a superb patina and some rest of his original polychromy
The buffa...
Category
19th Century Indian International Style Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
19th Century Holy Land Mother-of-Pearl Icon
Located in London, GB
This fantastic mother-of-pearl icon was made in Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century, and is beautifully carved with mother-of-pearl and set with abalon...
Category
Late 19th Century Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique 19th Century Russian Double Sided Silver and Niello Reliquary Cross
Located in New York, NY
Antique Russian late 19th century silver and niello double sided reliquary cross on period long chain
This beautiful antique Russian reliquary cross depicts Christ in a distinctive n...
Category
19th Century Russian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Late Roman/Byzantine Jewish Amber Color Glass Amulet with Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Late Roman to Early Byzantine, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A rare and beautiful amulet of a generally circular form with a flat bottom, a raised periphery, and an integral suspension loop, mo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Israeli Classical Roman Antique Religious Items
Materials
Glass
Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Statue of Seated Happy Maitreya Buddha
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Qing Dynasty Bronze Statue of Seated Happy Maitreya Buddha.
A Chinese bronze statue from the late 18th century Qing Dynasty period is ca...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Finely Carved Soapstone Buddhist Stele of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Guanyin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
In Indian Buddhism, Avalokiteshvara is a male Bodhisattva, however in Chinese Buddhism he takes the form of the female Bodhisattva, Guanyin - ‘The One Who Hears the Cries of the Worl...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Religious Items
Materials
Soapstone
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast enameled brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, Israel, circa 1950.
In a form of nine Maccabees holding the candles, the Servant light (Shamash) with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Islamic Antique Qajar Blue Tile with Koranic Script 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century Qajar blue tile with Islamic calligraphy writing.
Antique 19th century Islamic Koranic calligraphy with Koranic script.
Qajar dynasty, a blue and white Islamic ...
Category
19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Early 20th Century Silver Plate Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel silver plate plaque depicting Moses at Mount Sinai, made in Jerusalem, circa 1925, marked "Bezalel Jerushalem" in Hebrew and "Made in Palestine,...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of 19th C. Hand-Carved Wood Fragments from India
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of 19th century Hindu temple fragments. This pair of antique fragments were elements of a section of hand-carved wood frieze, within a...
Category
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Israeli Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by Dayagi
Located in New York, NY
Hanukkah lamp menorah made in Israel, circa 1950s. Signed on the bottom Dayagi. Green patina overlay in the front with a bold Star of David. A detailed scene of the spices on the way...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
19th Century Indo- Portuguese Rosewood Altar from Goa
Located in Topanga, CA
An incredibly gorgeous 19th century altar from Goa. This Indo-Portuguese piece is crafted from rosewood and reflects the unique blend of Indian and Portuguese artistic influences cha...
Category
19th Century Indian Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Rosewood
Russian wood panel Icon of the Presentation of Our Lord, 19th Century
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Russia / 19th century / Icon of The Presentation of Our Lord / wood / Religious
This exquisite 19th-century Russian icon depicts The Presentation of Our Lord, a central feast in the...
Category
19th Century Russian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Israeli Hand-Made Silver Spice Box
Located in New York, NY
This late 20th-century Israeli silver spice box showcases a handcrafted aesthetic by a local silversmith, though the maker’s signature on the base is partially illegible. The rectang...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Life-Sized, Antique, Bronze, Thai Buddha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful, circa 1920, cast bronze Buddha in mid-stride atop a stylized lotus blossom. The figure is clad in see-through drapery, and is surmounted by whirls of hair capped...
Category
1920s Thai Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Religious Russian Icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Russia / 19th Century / Religious Icon / Egg tempera and gilt on wood panel / Antique
A beautifully preserved 19th-century Russian Orthodox icon depicting Saint Nicholas the Wonderw...
Category
19th Century Russian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Antique icon Zosima and Swataj, second half 19th century
Located in Gorssel, GE
Zosima and Swataj, founders of the Solowetski Monastery, holding a model of their monastery in their hands, Old Believers icon, second half 19th century.
Dimensions: 30 x 35 cm.
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Large Bronze Statue of Eleven-Faced Kannon by Matsuhisa Shūrin (1926–1992)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Height: 75 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Weight: 18.1 kg
Material: Cast bronze (chūdō)
Signed, with authenticity guaranteed
A magnificent large-scale bronze sculpture of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bod...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Religious Russian Menaion Icon, Saints of the Month of March
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Russia / 19th Century / Religious Icon / Egg tempera and gilt on wood panel / Antique
A beautifully detailed 19th-century Russian Menaion icon depicting the saints commemorated in t...
Category
19th Century Russian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
A Large Olivewood Mezuzah Case, Jerusalem Circa 1890. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
A Very Rare Large Olivewood Mezuzah Case Made in Jerusalem Circa 1890.
Olive wood can be found in many areas of the world today but it is native to the Mediterranean region and con...
Category
Early 1900s Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Figure
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Figure
7 7/8 H X 3 3/8 D
Category
19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Antique Hanging Incense Burner, Indian, Bronze, Ceremonial Censer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a striking antique hanging temple incense burner. An Indian, heavy bronze ceremonial censer of impressive scale and intricate detail, dating to the Victorian period, circa 18...
Category
1880s Indian Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Tibetan Leather, Brass Ghau Prayer Bag
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box/bag worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer bag (travel Buddha shrine) made fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Religious Items
Materials
Leather
Ornate Silver-Bound Machzor by I.M. Fain Israel with Filigree and Gemstone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Machzor, a Jewish High Holiday prayer book, is encased in an ornate silver binding crafted by I.M. Fain, a very well known Jewish silversmith who worked in Israel duri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Antique Balinese Hand-Carved Wooden Temple Offering Ornament - Tapel Gebogan
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique Balinese hand-carved wooden temple offering ornament known as a Tapel Gebogan, circa 1930s. Carved in the shape of a crowned female and hand painted, the piece is in good vin...
Category
Early 20th Century Balinese Modern Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container created at Bezalel School Jerusalem, circa 1910.
Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
North Indian Illuminated Calligraphy Qur
an Leaf, 18th-19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
A single two-sided Qur'an manuscript leaf with beautiful hand inked calligraphy with gilt borders and a gilt cartouche with calligraphic decoration. No...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Islamic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paper
Early 20th-Century Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Trumpet
Located in Pomona, CA
A traditional Tibetan Buddhist ritual trumpet, Kangling is a type of trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies. While traditionally made from a human tibia or femur (thigh ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Indian Brass Synagogue Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Zhumbar - large brass lamp for festive occasions. India, early 20th century.
Central hoop, with a dozen curved arms (with hoops at their end) - six turning upwards and six downwards. Four rods for suspension. Such lamps served the "Bene Israel" congregation that lived mainly in Bombay, Calcutta and other towns in western India. "Oil chandeliers with thirteen arms, known as Zhumbar, were used in the synagogue on festive occasions"
Literature: Orpa Slapak (Editor), "The Jews of India - Bene Israel, Cochin...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Vintage Triangular Hanukkah Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage Hannukah Menorah. This vintage piece is a replica of a menorah from the 14th century southern Europe. Made in Israel, this piece is ...
Category
1970s Israeli Baroque Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Brass
$108 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Bronze Buddhist Ghanta Hand Bell with Vajra / Dorje Handle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine ancient bronze ghanta bell.
In a Buddhist style.
With engraved and embossed geometric decoration to the bell body.
The handle with a 3 point vajra device with each point em...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
San Lorenzo: Wood carved figure, c 1800
Located in Kastrup, DK
San Lorenzo" saint figure from a Catholic church/monastery in the Philippines around the year 1800.
Woodcut in Molave precious wood. Height: 68 cm.
Untouched original condition, w...
Category
Early 19th Century Philippine Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
18th–19th Century Burmese Bronze Buddha in Bhūmisparśa Mudra
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Burmese bronze Buddha seated in bhūmisparśa mudrā - 'the earth-touching gesture' where the right hand reaches toward the ground and the left rests in the lap in meditation.
The fig...
Category
18th Century Burmese Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Tibetan Temple Entrance
Located in Asheville, NC
Deeply sacred carved temple entrance with gargoyles, doves, mandalas, and fetishes of the natural and spirit worlds, all representing peace. During some time period it was fashioned ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Tibetan Antique Religious Items
$19,480 Sale Price
51% Off
Brass Aspara Bell Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A brass Aspara bell sculpture piece, circa 20th century, Asia.
Category
20th Century Asian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Indian Goddess Figurine Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully authentic hand carved statue of an Indian deity goddess. Distressed paint finish.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Indian Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Paint
Large Scale Banalinga
Shiva Lingam
Stone for Display
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Scale Banalinga (Shiva Lingam) stone for display
Outstanding large scale specimen from India
Dimensions 9" long x 5.5" diameter
Banalinga is discovered in nature and not carved or crafted by human hands.
This Shiva Lingam comes exclusively from the Narmada River, one of India’s seven sacred holy sites. The stones resemble markings found on the forehead of Lord Shiva...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Stone
Petite Brass Amulet of Ganesha
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass amulet depicts the Hindu god Ganesha, easily recognized by his elephant face and four arms. Ganesha is a widely worshipped deity believed to grant success, prosperi...
Category
20th Century Thai Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Christ the Savior of the World - 19th century
Located in Porto, PT
Russian icon, 19th century, oil on wood. Frame included. Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm (without frame)
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$600 Sale Price
50% Off
Ancient Buddhist Stone Tabletop Altar with a Lotus Flower
Located in Antwerp, BE
An exceptional and very early Buddhist stone altar equipped with two handgrips for moving it to the spot of the planned sacrifice. Carved by hand from a si...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Asian Hellenistic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Schist
$7,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Impressive Burmese Gilded Buddha Sculpture in Bhūmisparśa Mudrā . 32 kg
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Antique Buddha (99 cm) from a Temple in Burma, crafted in hardwood, likely Burma teak.
Beautifully and intricately carved, the Buddha is depicted in Bhūmisparśa Mudrā, a class...
Category
Late 18th Century Burmese Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Hardwood
Late Meiji Period Folk Wood Carving Japanese God of War, Arts, Shrines Protector
Located in Miami, FL
Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman Yahata no Kani, Japanese God of War, Archery, Culture and Pro...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Middle-Eastern Brass
Bronze Temple Shrine Architectural Element Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, rare and unique Middle Eastern temple architectural shrine element, three lamp, possibly a fireplace overmantle, richly decorated, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Other Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Mid-Century Anglo-Indian Style Carved Giltwood Buddha Religious Statue Figurine
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century carved giltwood Buddha figurine or statue. It is depicted standing on an ebonized 4 inch square base. It is a religious figure depicted in the standing position...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Religious Items
Materials
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Pair of Carved Tamarind Wood Buddha Candleholders
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Early 20th century set of two hand carved tamarind wood laughing Buddha candleholders.
Measures: Height 15" (38 cm).
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$1,117 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Immortal He Xiangu Painting on Canvas, China, 19th Century Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Chinese painting depicting He Xiangu reproduced three times but with a different attribute: up a lotus flower, bottom left a fly hunt and bottom right again the lotus flower, each time surrounded by disciple the one praying right, the one on the left seems to bring him a bowl.
Pigments on linen or hemp,
19th century.
He Xiangu or Ho Hsien-ku, "Immortal Demoiselle He," is an immortal Taoist, a member of the group of Eight Immortals. She is represented holding in her hand a lotus symbolizing spiritual fulfillment, and sometimes also a sheng, a peach of immortality, a wooden ladle...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries. Two Buddhist stupa shaped containers, one with a bulbous beggar’s bowl shaped body and the other with flange...
Category
18th Century Burmese Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Rock Crystal
$4,000 / set
Petite Brass Amulet of Avalokiteshvara
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass prayer amulet depicts the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, also known by the names Chenresi, Guanyin or Kannon. Considered the embodiment of compassion, this b...
Category
20th Century Thai Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Asian Antique Bronze Tibetan Ceremonial Prayer Vajra Bell
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Asian Bronze buddhist bell Tibetan Meditation Ceremonial Prayer Vajra Bell and Scepter.
Antique Buddhist Tibetan Meditation Prayer Bell with Vajra.
A Bronze ritual bell "DRIL...
Category
Early 1900s Nepalese Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Israeli Church Tithing Bank in Brass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A wall hung church money bank in brass. It reads Tabor to its front - incised by hand. Presumably it has been used for tithing at one the churches of Mount Tabor...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Large Russian Silver Jewish Megillah Case and Scroll
Located in London, GB
A large Russian silver Jewish Megillah case and scroll
Russian, 19th century
Measures: height 23cm, diameter 7cm
This remarkable piece is a Russian ...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Religious Artifacts and Antiques for Sale on 1stDibs
Religious art has had an enduring and significant role throughout history and continues to resonate with modern audiences. Over the years, vintage and antique religious artifacts have become popular with collectors and the devout alike, and religious art has been used to express devotion across a range of media.
Historic examples of religious art remain evocative. From the Renaissance to 1800, many Old Masters actively explored sacred themes from Christianity. In the Baroque period, painters infused religious scenes with intense emotions through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark.
From the 18th to 19th century, Gothic Revival saw designers using elements that evoked the Middle Ages. Artists found inspiration in the romantic qualities of medieval paneling, furniture and other accoutrements, such as candelabras, statues and crosses. Works created in the Gothic style add drama and a grandiose elegance to any room.
Religious art reflects the diversity of beliefs around the world. Islamic art and Judaica are just a couple of examples of the vibrant expression that has coursed through faith-based art over the centuries. Sculptures have long depicted the image of Buddha, while intricately carved reliefs have stunningly depicted deities from Hinduism, like Ganesh. Members of Nepalese religions that emphasize shamanism have made ornate drums, artistically enhanced with images of animals like birds.
In some cases, artisans have created pieces that celebrate specific religious holidays such as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. But even everyday items are an opportunity to bring both art and religion into a space. For example, designers of furniture over the years have drawn on elements found in cathedrals and other religious settings in order to elevate their work.
On 1stDibs, find a varied collection of antique and vintage religious artifacts and other objects that can be searched by style, period, artist and material, such as wood or metal.