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  2. Poppy goddess - Wikipedia

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    The female figure known popularly as the poppy goddess is perhaps a representation of the goddess as the bringer of sleep or death. [1] The figurines found at Gazi, which are larger than any previously produced on Minoan Crete, are rendered in an extremely stylized manner. The bodies are rigid, the skirts simple cylinders, and the poses ...

  3. Goddess of Democracy (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    Goddess of Democracy is a replica of the original Goddess of Democracy statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, installed in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. [1] The sculpture stands in Portsmouth Square.

  4. Category:Sculptures of goddesses - Wikipedia

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  5. 10 Vintage Porcelain Dolls That Are Worth a Fortune

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    Price on eBay: $8,500 Porcelain dolls don’t have to be more than 2 feet tall to be worth a lot of money. This little lady stands only 15 1/2 inches tall, but her ornate details and impressive ...

  6. Minoan art - Wikipedia

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    The poppy goddess type, with a round vessel-like "skirt", and two raised hands, and attributes rising from the diadem, a late one Minoan example. Some human figures are quite large, and also painted clay animals, up to the size of a large dog, used as votive substitutes for animal sacrifices ; there is a group from Hagia Triada which includes ...

  7. Pioneer Monument (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    Four additional statues stand on piers surrounding the central column, each facing a cardinal direction. Two are female figures allegorically representing Commerce and Plenty. [2] One statue, which is titled "In 49'", commemorates the California Gold Rush. [5] The last, titled Early Days, contains a missionary, a Native American, and a vaquero.

  8. Category:Statues in California - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Junípero Serra (Monterey, California) Statue of Junípero Serra (Sacramento, California) Statue of Junípero Serra (U.S. Capitol) Statue of Lucille Ball (Palm Springs, California) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Davis, California) Statue of Pete Wilson; Statue of Robert Burns (San Francisco) Statue of Sonny Bono; Statue of Sun Yat-sen (Los ...

  9. Santa Monica (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The cast-cement sculpture of Saint Monica of Hippo is approximately 10 ft (3.0 m) tall and rests on a concrete base that is approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.[3] [4] (Father Juan Crespí visited the nearby Tongva Sacred Springs on an expedition in 1769; the scattered pools of flowing water reminded him of Monica’s tears for her son Augustine, of later Confessions fame. [5]