(07-04-2015, 06:47 AM)Neopelagianus Wrote: [ -> ]An ivory carving of the same subject, with Chinese influence from the Philippines (She looks like Guan Yin, the Chinese pagan goddess of mercy)
![[Image: 4043113745_4d536fbf9b.jpg]](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3201/4043113745_4d536fbf9b.jpg)
I stand corrected. This is not Philippine made, but rather it came from Macau.
N.
(07-04-2015, 06:45 AM)Neopelagianus Wrote: [ -> ]An ivory carving of the Madonna from China:
![[Image: 2007BP9414_virgin_child_ivory_custom_290...350924.jpg]](http://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/image/0018/223812/2007BP9414_virgin_child_ivory_custom_290x501_15350924.jpg)
The V&A Museum got it wrong. It is not Chinese, rather, it is Filipino. The back part has the drapery tuck specific only to images of Philippine make.
![[Image: 10384123_759210054114235_323087351225356...7db30d2d3e]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10384123_759210054114235_3230873512253563017_n.jpg?oh=14c7124569c04ab0935ace83967349f2&oe=56126EF2&__gda__=1444440366_30006b63fc6e41a9c736647db30d2d3e)
That statue you just showed in the quote to give more information on it is really beautiful.