福建就如廣東,是個早在十三世紀就有基督教傳教士拜訪的沿海省分,而在十六世紀時,又開始有大規模的來訪。十六至十八世紀之間,西班牙商人與傳教士將來自於西班牙及北歐的雕像帶到中國與菲律賓,他們也委託中國的工匠雕刻基督教的造像,其中大部分是聖母瑪利亞與聖嬰。這些工匠以來自漳州、福州與泉州的福建人佔最多數,而這些也是塑造送子觀音的地方,因為都是相同的工匠來製作宗教雕像,所以聖母長得像中國人,觀音看起來也有點「哥德式」,這一點也不令人驚訝。( Chinese Ivories, 1984-41 )
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