Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg turned heads on Wednesday when he posted an image of his wife, Priscilla Chan, standing next to a large silver and blue statue sculpted in her likeness.<\/p>\n
The statue – which stands about 2.1m tall – was commissioned by the chief executive of Facebook’s parent company in an effort to honour “the Roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife”, Zuckerberg wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
New York-based artist Daniel Arsham crafted the sculpture, which was placed under a tree in what appears to be a residential garden.<\/p>\n
The figure’s striking colour and towering size sent the internet buzzing with comparisons to the\u00a0Avatar\u00a0<\/i>characters and jokes about Zuckerberg’s identity as a so-called “wife guy”.<\/p>\n
In the photo, the real Chan is seen sipping from a mug in the same light blue colour of the statue. She commented on her husband’s Instagram reveal of the artwork, saying, “The more of me the better?” along with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n
A sculpted silver garment looks like it is draped over and flowing behind the teal woman.<\/p>\n
According to the National Museums Liverpool, statues in ancient Rome were often made to honour deceased loved ones or “to refer to significant relatives and to make meaningful associations”.<\/p>\n
Zuckerberg and Chan have been married since 2012 and have three daughters.<\/p>\n