During the summer of 2013, while, gathering my Mother’s estate I found this statue, about 9 inches high on a wood plinth, among her belongings. It is of a type of unglazed porcelain called “biscuit” or “bisque” commonly used for decorative figures. From the coloring, especially the brushwork on the robe and shade of the cloak, it is a product of an Asian workshop. The halo, erect stature and figuration of the arms and hands, identify it as the Immaculate Conception. December 8th is the feast day of the Immaculate Conception for the Roman Catholic church and, so, I have chosen this as our first Christmas ornament to post for this year.
In 2017 I produced four posts featuring photographs of Pam’s Christmas displays or our household Christmas ornaments. These were “Christmas Tableau”, “Ireland on the Mind at Christmas”, “Christmas Angels”, “Me and the War on Christmas”.
This year, Pam featured our Asian Immaculate Conception on the mantle with festive silver ornaments. She is placed in front of a wall sized mirror in which the reverse of her cloak and halo are reflected.
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This is lovely. I remember the bisque kewpie dolls that often were given as prizes at carnivals. The ones I had never were more than four or five inches tall, but I still can remember their texture.
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Such memories are wonderful, like cigar box treasures kept by children.
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That ornament is gorgeous
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Thanks for visiting, Merry Christmas.
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Beautiful ornament with a nice history tracing back to your Mother. 🙂
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Your visit and kind words are appreciated, Judy. Merry Christmas
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I hope you have a Merry Christmas. I do appreciate how you put up such amazing posts. I wish you A Happy New, and stay safe MR Wills. Thank you,
Ryan
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Merry Christmas, Ryan.
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Thank MR Wills…
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