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Monday, December 9, 2013

Blessed Feast of Mary Immaculate in ASIA!

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th centuryHispano-PhilippineIvory, partly polychromed and gilded, with glass eyes and silver halo Chinese ivory carvers in the Philippines and on the mainland as well produced numerous religious figures for export to Spain and the Americas via the Manila Galleon route. Although conforming to the iconography of the Catholic church (such as the pose of this Virgin), their Asian origin is usually unmistakable in their physiognomies as well as the style of their drapery.Source: Virgin of the Immaculate Conception [Hispano-Philippine] (64.164.243) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th century
Hispano-Philippine
Ivory, partly polychromed and gilded, with glass eyes and silver halo


FROM: http://asianhistory.tumblr.com/post/10117147688/virgin-of-the-immaculate-conception-18th-century

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