The Lion of Venice is a chinese import!
it’s an 8th-century Chinese bronze sculpture that arrived in Venice, was transformed, dismembered (“thanks” to Napoleon), repositioned, and studied over time, yet remains an enigma. Stylistic studies supporting the Chinese origin—Tang Dynasty—are solid, surpassing the older hypothesis of a Hellenistic statue from Anatolia. — https://www.archaeoreporter.com/en/2024/09/12/the-lion-of-st-marks-square-in-venice-is-chinese-isotopic-analyses-and-stylistic-comparisons-prove-it/
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