DepartmentEurope

Nativity

NameFigure Group

Artist or maker J. Pasluszkiewicz

Date1960, DATED

Place madePOLAND, Europe

MediumCeramic

DimensionsOverall: 11 15/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 3/4 in. (30.4 x 25.5 x 9.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.2.

Object numberA.1980.57.2

DescriptionSlab-built, hand-built, and glazed ceramic nativity scene. 5 figures, 3 angels, and 3 animals crowded in niche with a curved pitch-roof with 2 conical topped pillars. Mary's dress, the angel wings, and the star are green. Joseph and the shepherds robes are brown. The manger is suspended with figure on its side. Sculpture is signed.