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2. The 11 Most Famous Animal Statues in the World - AOL

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   The life-size statue shows the horse being led into the winner’s circle. Secretariat Statue, KY Horse Park, United States (Cont.) ©Bill Brine / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 - Original / License

3. Lion of Knidos - Wikipedia

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   The lion is substantially complete; only the lower jaw and front legs are missing; its eyes were probably once inlaid with glass. The statue is greater than life-size; it weighs six tonnes and measures 2.89 metres long and 1.82 metres high. [1] In designing the body to be hollowed out from below, the weight of the statue was reduced. [2]

4. Chinese guardian lions - Wikipedia

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   Statues of guardian lions have traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy, and were believed to have powerful mythic protective benefits. They are also used in other artistic contexts, for example on door-knockers, and in pottery.

5. List of colossal sculptures in situ - Wikipedia

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   The Lion Monument, an in situ sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland. A colossal statue is one that is more than twice life-size. [1] This is a list of colossal statues and other sculptures that were created, mostly or all carved, and remain in situ. This list includes two colossal stones that were intended to be moved.

6. Komainu - Wikipedia

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   The first lion statue in India appears around the 3rd century BC on top of a column erected by King Ashoka. [11] The tradition later arrived in China where it developed into the guardian lion that was later exported to Korea, Japan, and Okinawa. During the Nara period (710–794), as in the rest of Asia, the pair always consisted of two lions. [12]

7. Statue - Wikipedia

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   Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size. A sculpture that represents persons or animals in full figure, but that is small enough to lift and carry is a statuette or figurine, whilst those that are more than twice life-size are regarded as a colossal statues. [1]