The term "statuette" in literature has served as a versatile symbol representing both art and character, often evoking notions of antiquity and refined classical aesthetics. In some texts, such as the early translations of Latin works, the term denotes literal sculptural figures—“A Corinthian Statuette” and “B. A Corinthian Statuette” [1, 2]—while in others, it is employed metaphorically; for instance, Oscar Wilde compares a character's demeanor to that of a delicate “Tanagra statuette” [3]. The word also appears in contexts that bridge the gap between historical artifact and personal memento, as seen in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s presentation of a statuette as a thoughtful gift [4] and in multiple photographic references to works modeled by Rizal [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Furthermore, statuettes are depicted with descriptive precision in works ranging from Pushkin’s portrayal of a figure with “folded arms and eyes bent low” [10] to Dickens’s illustration of a model of the Colossus at Rhodes [11] and even in anthropological contexts in Frazer’s mythic representations [12]. Collectively, these varied uses underscore the statuette’s role as both a tangible object of art and a rich metaphor in literary expression.