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2. Staffordshire dog figurine - Wikipedia

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   The spaniels were seated in pairs, decorated with a gold chain and locket, and with a creamy white base coat. [10] The Staffordshire spaniel was the quintessential Victorian bourgeois status-symbol ornament: no mantelpiece was complete without a pair of spaniels standing guard. Staffordshire dogs were also placed on the window sill.

3. 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.

4. Figurine - Wikipedia

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   A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with clay , metal, wood, glass, and today plastic or resin the most significant.

5. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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   Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money. Caitlyn Moorhead. December 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM.

6. 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.

7. Shisa - Wikipedia

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   Shisa (Japanese: シーサー, Hepburn: shīsā, Okinawan: シーサー, romanized: shiisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils.