Small decorative figurines, most often in ceramics, are as popular today (though strangely neglected by modern and Contemporary art) as they were in the Rococo, or in Ancient Greece when Tanagra figurines were a major industry, or in East Asian and Pre-Columbian art.
Enako velja v hinduizmu, kjer je zelo preprosta in starodavna oblika Lingam najpogostejša.