The statue weighs approximately 3,000 kilograms and that book under its front paws was a later addition. The inscription on the book reads: “Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus”, which translates ...

MANE ATTRACTION World famous 3-ton statue ‘The Lion of Venice’ is actually 1,000-years-old & from 6,000-miles away in CHINA, study finds ...

Police are searching for the rightful owners of two stolen lion statues which have been recovered at a former plant nursery in South Gloucestershire. A number of suspected stolen items were found ...

Police are searching for the owners of what they believe are stolen Chinese guardian lion statues. The pair of distinctive sculptures were found after Avon and Somerset Police received a report of ...

New chemical evidence claims that Venice’s winged lion could be Chinese ... Is Venice’s famed winged lion statue actually Chinese? David Mouriquand. Thu, September 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM UTC.

They have already been returned to the rightful owners. "Officers also found a pair of what we think are Chinese guardian lion statues, pictured, which we also suspect may have been stolen.

Police are searching for the owners of what they believe are stolen Chinese guardian lion statues. The pair of distinctive sculptures were found after Avon and Somerset Police received a report of ...

So it's not a lion? The new findings put a different spin on the lion / griffin. It might not be a chimera after all but a zhènmùshòu (“tomb guardian”), a popular Chinese fantasy animal during the ...

So it's not a lion? The new findings put a different spin on the lion / griffin. It might not be a chimera after all but a zhènmùshòu (“tomb guardian”), a popular Chinese fantasy animal during the ...