DepartmentLatin America
Flight into Egypt
NameFigure group
Maker
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions9 7/16 × 2 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (24 × 7.4 × 16.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection. A.1979.32.432V
Object numberA.1979.32.432V
DescriptionHand built. Low fired. Tan clay burnished, then decorated with various shades of slip. Mary with child on donkey. Separate Joseph with staff. All three with halos. Distinctive protruding eyes. Incised detail around eyes, nostrils, hands, beard.
