Portable Shrine

One of the travelers, however, is a pilgrim, possibly journeying to (or returning from) Kompira Shrine on Shikoku Island. The pilgrim is dressed in white and carrying a portable shri...

A "Ghau" is a portable altar, shrine, or prayer box used while traveling.

Small portable shrine with bronze candlesticks. Fur lined box

Qing Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Wood Carved Portable Shrine with Bronze Bell. Imperial Qing Dynasty Chinese intricately carved openwork altar shrine.

Known as a gau, this portable shrine was used for prayer during travels or pilgrimages, its fabric pouch used to hold sacred objects that offered protective powers.

It probably once held a protective, religious relic or was used as a portable shrine. The body is finely crafted out of silver and is adorned with turquoise and coral—two of the “fiv...

Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.

Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.

Adorned with Buddhist iconography and enveloped in a rich patina, this small wooden box is a 19th century portable Tibetan shrine and likely once contained a Buddhist statue or praye...

Traditionally used as a portable altar or household shrine, such pieces serve as sacred spaces for prayer, meditation, and offerings.

13th-16th century bronze shrine for Kubera from India. This is a small lost wax cast portable bronze shrine of Kubera, the god of riches and guardian of the north.

Chances are that It once held a protective, religious relic or was used as a portable shrine. The body of this shrine has intricately detailed chasing (engraving).

Known as a Gau, this portable shrine was used for prayer during travels or pilgrimages to hold sacred objects that offered protective powers.

Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.

Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.

This striking Tibetan Gau box showcases traditional craftsmanship and spiritual symbolism. The square-shaped portable shrine features a raised depiction of a Buddha seated in dhyana ...

Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel.

A fine example of an antique Zushi (travelling, or portable Shrine) from the Edo Period (1603-1868 A.D.).

A good 19th century Andean retablo box (portable shrine). The interior with various hand painted saints, animals and musicians, each carved in huamanga stone, a soft and pure form of...

A small Bulto of Santiago Matamoros mounted on his customary white horse, set inside a soft-pink painted wood box (portable shrine) with charming, pink paper flowers and Primitive, f...

This Antique Tibetan Painted Cabinet is 100% hand made and hand painted using mineral painting which last the paint a much longer time. You can see some of the finish has already los...

Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.

A Chinese canopy bed was typically part of a bride's dowry or a gift to a courtesan. It grew to be an important household status symbol, and the subject of rivalry among wives and co...

A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...

A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...

Pretty XIXth century Chinese wardrobe in black lacquered wood decorated with court scenes, opening with two doors. The interior has a shelf with two drawers decorated with golden pla...

This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings. The exterior ...

Mid to late 19th century, elaborately carved, antique Chinese bed Chambers was used to greet visitors and usually was furnished with two chairs and a center table: from which tea, wi...

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

A gorgeous and refined Burmese crowned and adorned seated bronze Buddha, Kingdom of Arakan, Mrauk-U period, 17th century. The Buddha is portrayed seated in vajrasana upon a high do...

The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...

In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's...