OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, C/16 Unicorn 995" X L: 1

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25" x W: 5" x H: 6"

A fearsome ram-headed guardian features in this medieval statue

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A seated fairy features on the lid of this calla lily box

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, C/16 Unicorn 995" X L: 1Our Lady of Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary, one of Roman Catholicism's most recognizable icons, but she has also played an important role in Mexico's religious and national history. According to early accounts, the Virgin Mary appeared before an indigenous convert named Juan Diego at Mexico's Tepeyac Hill in 1531 and requested that a shrine be built in her honor at that very site. Juan Diego recounted this meeting to his bishop, who then told him to