Ceremonial & Religious

Items designed for rituals, religious practices, and special ceremonies from around the globe. This category includes ornate tools, masks, and symbols that highlight the spiritual and communal traditions of various societies.

Japanese Negoro lacquer tray, 1392–1573

Negoro Tray (1392–1573 CE)

Antiquities Asia Ceremonial & Religious Japan

A wooden tray from Japan’s Muromachi period, adorned with red-over-black Negoro lacquer, crafted for Buddhist rituals, showcasing elegance and spiritual duality.

Egyptian canopic jar with falcon head lid, 664–525 BCE

Canopic Jar With Falcons Head (664-525 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A travertine canopic jar from 664–525 BCE, topped with a falcon-headed lid symbolizing Qebehsenuef, crafted to safeguard intestines for the Egyptian afterlife.

Ptolemaic Egyptian statuette of Isis nursing Horus, 305–30 BCE

Statuette of Isis and Horus (305-30 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A bronze figure from 305–30 BC, showing Isis holding infant Horus, cast with detailed features and a tang base.

Japanese gilt bronze figure of Miroku Bosatsu, late 600s

Buddha of the Future, Miroku Bosatsu (Late 600s CE)

Antiquities Asia Ceremonial & Religious Japan

A bronze figure from the late 600s, depicting Maitreya (Buddha of the future) with incised details, finished with traces of gilding.

Chola bronze statue of Ganesha, dated 1070 CE.

Bronze Statue of Ganesha (1070 CE)

Antiquities Asia Ceremonial & Religious India

A bronze figure from c. 1070, depicting Ganesha with an elephant head, cast with four arms and a modaka.

Ancient Egyptian female statuette in painted wood, 2040–1859 BCE.

Female Statuette (2040–1859 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A painted wooden female statuette from 2040–1859 BC, depicting a naked woman with jewelry, shaped with stylized hips and a detailed necklace.

Ancient Egyptian gold scarab amulet, 1980–1801 BCE.

Gold Scarab (1980-1801 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A gold amulet from 1980–1801 BC, shaped as a scarab beetle, fashioned with a detailed base for sealing or adornment.

Bamileke prestige stool with beadwork and leopard motifs, 1800s.

Prestige Stool (Kuo Fo) (1800s CE)

Antiquities Africa Cameroon Ceremonial & Religious

A wooden stool from the 1800s, adorned with glass beads and leopard motifs, layered with cotton and plant fiber.

Ancient Egyptian female offering bearer in tamarisk wood with sycamore base, 2040–1648 BCE.

Female Offering Bearer (2040–1648 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A wooden offering bearer from 2040–1648 BCE, showing a woman in a kalasiris dress, crafted from tamarisk with a sycamore base.

Limestone statue with paint of Minnefer striding forward, 2377–2311 BCE.

Striding Statue of Minnefer (2377–2311 BCE)

Antiquities Africa Ceremonial & Religious Egyptian

A painted limestone figure depicting Minnefer in a striding pose, colored with reddish-brown skin and a black wig.

Bamileke prestige chair from Cameroon, 1800s.

Prestige Chair (1800s)

Antiquities Africa Cameroon Ceremonial & Religious

A wooden chair from the 1800s, featuring carved leopards and human figures, painted with symbolic heads on the base.

Bronze Nataraja depicting Shiva dancing within a ring of flames, 1000s CE.

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance (1000s CE)

Antiquities Asia Ceremonial & Religious India

A bronze nataraja statue from the 1000s, portraying Shiva dancing within a flame ring, cast with four arms and a dwarf base.