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 They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione.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,
Fearn (letter) alder). dín cridi - "protection of the heart" in the Word Ogham of "Culainn". Fearn (letter) Fearn is the Irish name of the third letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚃ, meaning "alder-tree". In Old Irish, the letter name was Fern, which is related to Welsh "gwern(en)". Its Primitive Irish root was *"wernā" and its phonetic value then was [w]. Its Old Irish and modern phonetic value is [f]. In the medieval kennings, called "Bríatharogam" or "Word Ogham" the verses associated with "Fearn" are: airenach fían - "vanguard of warriors" in the Word Ogham of "Morann mic Moín" comét lachta -