Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads 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 They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione.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. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads 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,
Common ringed plover which the "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" (AEWA) applies. Common ringed plover The common ringed plover or ringed plover ("Charadrius hiaticula") is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name "Charadrius" is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek "kharadrios" a bird found in ravines and river valleys ("kharadra", "ravine"). The specific "hiaticula" is Latin and has a similar meaning to the Greek term, coming from "hiatus", "cleft" and "-cola", "dweller" ("colere", "to dwell"). Adults are in length with a wingspan. They have