Handmade Ayacucho Ceramic Folk Art Christmas Retablo Diorama - Holy Family with the Magi Mothersday22excl combining green and red enhanced

combining green and red enhanced jasper with brass beads

a creature that combines the aspects of several real and imaginary animals

A hand embraces a bottle of wine in anticipation of a shared drink and good company

5" (measurements are approximate)

Birdhouses are approximately 2 inches by 2 inches

Handmade Ayacucho Ceramic Folk Art Christmas Retablo Diorama - Holy Family with the Magi Mothersday22excl combining green and red enhancedLed to Bethlehem by a star in the east, the Three Kings bring precious gifts to the Christ Child. Mary and Joseph stand on either side as a cow and donkey kneel beside the manger. This colorful box depicts the Epiphany from the Christmas story in the Gospel of Matthew. Alejandro Chvez crafts a traditional Ayacucho style retablo, a diorama housed in a colorful wood box. The images are modeled of ceramic and painted by hand, and the box closes with a