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  2. Medici lions - Wikipedia

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    Fancelli's ancient lion Vacca's lion. The Medici lions are a pair of marble sculptures of lions: one of which is Roman, dating to the 2nd century AD, and the other a 16th-century pendant. By 1598 both were placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. [1] Since 1789 they have been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. The sculptures depict ...

  3. Lions (Utah State Capitol) - Wikipedia

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    Two pairs of lion sculpture are installed at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. The original statues were created by Gavin Jack with cement in 1915, and repaired by Ralphael Plescia in 1977. Replacements were sculpture by Nick Fairplay with Italian marble. The sculpture are known as Fortitude, Honor, Integrity, and Patience. [1]

  4. HSBC lions - Wikipedia

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    A pair of lions were again commissioned for the new headquarters. This pair was a close replica of the Hong Kong lions, even including the signatures of W.W. Wagstaff on the sculpture. The casting was completed at Bronze Age Foundry in nearby Limehouse, directed by Zambian-born New Zealand sculptor Mark Kennedy. However, Kennedy was asked not ...

  5. Komainu - Wikipedia

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    A pair of komainu, the "a" on the right, the "um" on the left. Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.

  6. Chinese guardian lions - Wikipedia

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    Pairs of guardian lion statues are still common and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures, with one sitting on each side of the entrance, in China and in other places around the world where the Chinese people have immigrated and settled, especially in local Chinatowns. [citation needed]

  7. Hamadan Stone Lion - Wikipedia

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    The stone lion of Hamadan (Persian: شیر سنگی همدان šir-e sangi-ye hamedân) is a historical monument in Hamadan, Iran. The stone lion – one part of the 'Lions' Gate' – sits on a hill. When first built, this statue had a twin counterpart for which they both constituted the old gate of the city.

  8. Lions (Kemeys) - Wikipedia

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    Lions is a pair of 1893 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys, installed outside of the main entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The sculptures are well-recognized public artworks. The sculptures were commissioned by Florence Lathrop Field as a gift to the museum in memory of her late husband Henry Field.

  9. Category:Concrete sculptures - Wikipedia

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    Concrete Buddha statues (8 P) Pages in category "Concrete sculptures" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.