Chapel V of V
Rites of the World
How European engravers pictured the religions of the world: Bernard Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the 1720s, the Hindu gods of Sonnerat's Voyage of 1806, Ferrario's costume atlas, and the rites of Mexico, Japan, China and the Caribbean.
32 prints

Rites of the World · MCMXX
Hand Painted Mandala Thangka, circa 1920
1920 · 68 × 53.5 cm€1,031

Rites of the World · MDCCXXV
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession of the Kings of Vietnam or Tonkin, 1725
1725 · 46.7 × 39.5 cm€750

Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Antique Print of Japanese Wedding and Funeral Ceremonies by B. Picart, c.1730
1730 · 49 × 40 cm€445

Rites of the World · MDCCLXXXII
Religious Antique Engravings of Confucius and Buddha Amida in Japan, ca.1782
1782 · 37 × 26.5 cm€400

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Costume and Ritual Scenes, Set of Three Ferrario Engravings, Italy 1815
1815 · 24.4 × 35.4 cm€370

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Ceremonial Processions, Hand-Colored Engravings from Ferrario, 1815
1815 · 35.4 × 25.4 cm€370

Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral Ceremony
Date not stated · 37 × 31 cm€340

Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Religious Figures and Temple Statues, Ferrario Costume Series, 1815
1815 · 35.2 × 25.2 cm€310

Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Religious Man in a Sedan Chair, China
Date not stated · 24.8 × 23.8 cm€300

Rites of the World
Japanese Monk and Young Attendant: Antique Lithograph, 1880s
Date not stated · 27.5 × 40 cm€290

Rites of the World · MDCCCVI
Chinese Funeral Procession with Palanquin, Engraving after Sonnerat, 1806
1806 · 39 × 28.5 cm€290

Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Buddhist Talapoins next to Pagodas and Parasols given by the King of Siam, c1730
1730 · 23.5 × 37 cm€260

Rites of the World · MDCCCXII
Nagasaki Japan Procession, Antique Engraving, 1812
1812 · 35.8 × 27.2 cm€250

Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIX
Antique Print of Statues of Buddha and Siamese Deities by A. van der Laan, 1739
1739 · 22.8 × 19.5 cm€250

Rites of the World · MDCCLVIII
Old Print Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon', 1758
1758 · 20.5 × 27 cm€240

Rites of the World · MDCCLVIII
Old Engraving Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon' in Japan, 1758
1758 · 20 × 27 cm€240

Rites of the World · MDCLXIX
Antique Engraving with a Description of the Monkey Temple in Japan, 1669
1669 · 20.2 × 32.2 cm€240

Rites of the World
Old Print of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Date not stated · 34.5 × 24 cm€240

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of a Burman Buddha by Symes, 1800
1800 · 24 × 33 cm€220

Rites of the World · MDCCCLVI
Old Lithograph of a Buddhist priest of Shimoda, Japan, 1856
1856 · 23 × 29 cm€210

Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral by Chedel
Date not stated · 35 × 25 cm€200

Rites of the World · MDCCCLIII
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral by D'Urville, 1853
1853 · 26 × 17 cm€200

Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral
Date not stated · 29.8 × 24.2 cm€200

Rites of the World · MDCLXV
Antique Print of Chinese Monks by Nieuhof, 1665
1665 · 19 × 30.5 cm€190

Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral, 1749
1749 · 31.5 × 23 cm€180

Rites of the World · MDCCXLVI
Antique Print of Tongzhou in China and a Pilgrimage for a Fertile Year, 1746
1746 · 18 × 25.5 cm€180

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Burmese Monk in His Religious Robe, Antique Costume Print, circa 1800
1800 · 12 × 21 cm€180

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of the Great Buddha Statue 'Bodh Gaya' by Symes '1800'
1800 · 24 × 33 cm€150

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of Buddha's Footprint by Symes (1800)
1800 · 33 × 24 cm€150

Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of Monks of Fo in China 1749
1749 · 19 × 26 cm€140

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Seated Buddha at Gaya, Antique Dutch Print of a Statue in Bengal, ca. 1800
1800 · 12 × 20.8 cm€120

Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of Tongzhou and a Pilgrimage by Van Schley, 1749
1749 · 19.5 × 25.5 cm€100