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

Collections

Latin America

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.