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For visitors,
Venice
It is a magnificent rug consisting of historical buildings, water paths, bell tower, red roof, and a powerful lion as a symbol of the Republic of Venice, which is engraved throughout the city.
The most famous lion version is a bronze statue that stands on a pillar in Piazzetta which borders the St. Square.Mark’s.Now, researchers argue that this statue was made in China.
After studying the sample of a metal lion statue using a lead isotope analysis, researchers from Padua University in Northern Italy found that the copper used to make bronze alloys (a mixture of copper and tin) in the original bronze work came from the Yangtze river in China, according to a study published in the Journal of Antiquity on Thursday (4/9).
The researchers said this would explain why the statue as high as 4 meters and 2.2 meters, which was previously considered to be made locally, in Syria, or Anatolia, has a mysterious style.
Although installed in the square of St.Mark’s in the 13th century, the lion statue was more similar to the work produced in China during the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 AD) than found in the Mediterranean Europe in the Middle Ages, the researchers argued, quoting the form of their snouts and scars from the release of previous horns.
The pillar where the lion stood came from Anatolia (part of modern Türkiye), and the lion itself was repaired several times, with the earliest improvement recorded in 1293.
“Maybe the father and uncle Marco Polo, for four years they lived in the Kubilai Khan Palace on their first trip, were responsible for the acquisition of the statue,” the researchers said, as reported by
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The researchers also added that the visit was likely to occur between 1264 and 1268.
The writers speculated that the animal was originally zhènmùshòu, a monumental grave guard, fierce, and similar to the lion from the Tang Dynasty.
After the Marco Polo family sent the statue back to Italy after their visit to the Mongol Palace, the statue might be “secretly and with difficulty being repaired” to make it look like the sacred symbol of Santo Markus, with removed horns and “wig” added.
“In the absence of confusing written information, the intention and logistics behind his journey to Venice remain difficult to understand and open to interpretation,” he said.
“If the installation of ‘lions’ is intended to send strong defensive political messages, we can now also read it as a symbol of impressive connectivity from the Middle Ages,” they added.
(Wiw)
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