ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE SANTO - MADONNA - LOOK

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ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE SANTO - MADONNA - LOOK:
$245.00

ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE SANTO -MADONNA

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE HAND CARVED WOODEN PHILIPPINE SANTO ofTHE MADONNA.THERE ISTOUCHES OF OLD PAINT IN BLUES ANDREDS AND WHITETHAT REMAINS. NO HANDS AS TYPICAL OF THE OLDER PHILIPPINE SANTOS. AT ONE TIME IN THEIR HISTORY, IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE GOOD LUCK TO CARRY THE HANDS WITH YOU AND MANY WERE LOST. THE BACK (SEE PHOTOS) IS TYPICAL OF THE EARLY SANTOS WHERE THE CARVERS WERE USING PAINTINGS TO CARVE FROM AND THEY COULD NOT SEE THE CLOTHINGS BACK, SO IT WAS LEFT VERY PLAIN OR HAD AN ORIENTAL LOOK.

THIS BEAUTIFUL MADONNA IS 12 3/4\" TALL. THE BASE HAS BEEN BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES, BUT SHE STANDS WITH NO SUPPORT.

DURING WWII MANY SANTOS WERE DESTROYED IN THE DEVASTION OF MANILLA. MANY WERE HIDDEN IN CAVES FOR PROTECTION.

PHILIPPINE SANTOS DATE BACK TO THE 16th CENTURY - THETIME CHRISTIANITY WAS 1st EMBRACED IN THE PHILIPPINES. VERY FEW WERE MADE AFTER THE MID 1800\'S WITH \'MODERN\' MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE.

MY PARENTS WERE ANTIQUE DEALERS THAT FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PHILIPPINE SANTO IN THE EARLY 1970\'S. THEY HAD AN EXCELLENT SOURCE AND AT 1 TIME HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST PERSONNAL COLLECTIONS IN THE USA. BEING ANTIQUE DEALERS THEY SOLD MANY, BUT ALWAYS KEPT THE ONES THEY LIKED THE BEST. THIS SANTO IS FROM THEIR PERSONNAL COLLECTION. NOW THAT THEY ARE GONE, I HAD TO CLEAR OUT THEIR HOUSE AND DON\'T HAVE ROOM TO KEEP THEM ALL MYSELF. THEY HAD COMPILED AN INFORMATION SHEETTO GIVE THEIR CUSTOMERS. I WILL INCLUDE ONE OF THEE INFO SHEETS WITH THIS SANTO. LOTS MORE INFO THAN I HAVE SPACE TO STATE HERE!!!

THEY WERE PURCHASED IN THE EARLY 1970\'S. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL ANSWER TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY!!

MYPARENTS WERE ANTIQUE DEALERS (MEANING THEY WERE ALSO HOARDERS!!). NOW THAT THEY ARE GONE, I HAVE BEEN GOING THRU BOXES OF STUFF THAT THEY HAD STORED FOR YEARS & YEARS. SOME NEAT STUFF!!

SHIPPING IS VIAUSPSPRIORITY MAIL - $10.00 -TO ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.A. response WILL BE LEFT FOR THE BUYER WHEN I KNOW THE ITEM HAS BEEN RECEIVED SAFELY.

I\'M SORRY TO SAY - I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY ANYMORE - IT IS TOO HARD TO TRACK AND COMFIRM THAT MY BUYER HAS REC\'D THE ITEM. BUT, I AM TRYING THE GLOBAL SHIPPING OPTION THRU SO MY BUYERS CAN RECEIVE MY ITEM WHEREVER RESHIPS TO!!!

PLEASE BE AWARE - THE SHIPPING COST THRU GLOBAL SHIPPING IS EXPENSIVE - DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY THIS SHIPPING COST!!!!

I AM NOT A DEALER, I AM SELLING STUFF THAT WAS MY PARENTS PRIOR TO THEIR DEATHS & I DO NOT AGREE WITH \'S NEW REFUNDTIMELINEPOLICY, SO I\'M SORRY TO SAY THAT I DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS !!! I DO NOT MIS-REPRESENT MY ITEMS AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!! MOST BUYERS TELL METHE ITEM WAS EVEN NICER THAN I DESCRIBED!!!

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