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Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is an artwork by Chinese contemporary artist and political commentator, Ai Weiwei. The work comes in a small (gold) and large (bronze) version. Created in 2010, the zodiac heads (a Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig) are inspired by those which once comprised a water clock-fountain at the Yuanming Yuan, which is a complex of palaces and gardens in Beijing that were constructed by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty. The Yuanming Yuan was eventually destroyed by French and British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War, at which time the fountainheads were looted. They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione.

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  • Circle of animals / zodiac heads (de)
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  • Bei Ai Weiweis Circle of animals / Zodiac heads handelt es sich um eine aktuelle Ausstellung, welche in Städten wie New York, Los Angeles, London oder Taipeh stattgefunden hat. Diese Installation hat am 25. September 2010 begonnen und wird noch bis mindestens Oktober 2015[veraltet] zu sehen sein. Es handelt sich um zwölf jeweils drei Meter hohe Tierköpfe aus Bronze, die Ai mehrmals rekonstruiert und auch in einer kleineren aus Bronze vergoldeten, „museumstauglichen“ Version hergestellt hat. (de)
  • Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is an artwork by Chinese contemporary artist and political commentator, Ai Weiwei. The work comes in a small (gold) and large (bronze) version. Created in 2010, the zodiac heads (a Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig) are inspired by those which once comprised a water clock-fountain at the Yuanming Yuan, which is a complex of palaces and gardens in Beijing that were constructed by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty. The Yuanming Yuan was eventually destroyed by French and British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War, at which time the fountainheads were looted. They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione. (en)
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  • Bei Ai Weiweis Circle of animals / Zodiac heads handelt es sich um eine aktuelle Ausstellung, welche in Städten wie New York, Los Angeles, London oder Taipeh stattgefunden hat. Diese Installation hat am 25. September 2010 begonnen und wird noch bis mindestens Oktober 2015[veraltet] zu sehen sein. Es handelt sich um zwölf jeweils drei Meter hohe Tierköpfe aus Bronze, die Ai mehrmals rekonstruiert und auch in einer kleineren aus Bronze vergoldeten, „museumstauglichen“ Version hergestellt hat. (de)
  • Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is an artwork by Chinese contemporary artist and political commentator, Ai Weiwei. The work comes in a small (gold) and large (bronze) version. Created in 2010, the zodiac heads (a Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig) are inspired by those which once comprised a water clock-fountain at the Yuanming Yuan, which is a complex of palaces and gardens in Beijing that were constructed by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty. The Yuanming Yuan was eventually destroyed by French and British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War, at which time the fountainheads were looted. They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione. In May 2015, Sean Parker paid US$4.4 million at Phillips for the small (gold) version of the 12-sculpture work by Ai Weiwei. In June 2015, a large (bronze) version sold at auction for $5.4 million. (en)
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