Most Asians, all across the continent, have private shrines in their homes. Since Buddhism is the most common religion in Asia, most of those shrines are Buddhist. But in the relatively small percentage which are Catholic, notably in Vietnam, those Catholics have Christian shrines in their homes. Most of the Catholic paraphernalia we have come from shrines like those. Among the many component parts of a Christian shrine are figures representing saints important to the occupants of the house. These saint figures come from private Catholic shrines in Vietnam. As the shrines vary in size and importance, probably depending mostly on the wealth of the occupants of the home, so do the size of some of the saint figures. This one is unusually large.
They vary in age. Some could be relatively new, though we believe most date at least as far back as the mid-20th century. Some could be as old as the late 19th century. But in any case, all were made for use in private Vietnamese shrines in their homes, not for sale outside of Vietnam.
