A figure or box which is outwardly crude or unattractive, having either the form of a Silenus or being decorated with images of Sileni (sense 1b)…

A statue or piece of sculpture made in the round (see phrases 2a(a)). Also: a fragment of a statue. Obsolete.

A work of art executed or decorated in many colours, esp. a coloured statue, carving, or painting. Also occasionally: the technique of creating…

a statue giving a realistic likeness (as opposed to an idealized representation).

Architecture. An ornamental statue or carving placed on the centre and sides of a pediment, or at the upper corner of a building, tower, pillar, etc.

A grotesque Chinese or Japanese figurine, represented in a sitting position, of porcelain, ivory, wood, etc.

In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood.

In Maori art, a carved human figure, esp. one placed on the gable of a house.

An object made of stone; (also) an object formed by petrifaction. Also: (figurative) something that has become hardened or fixed.