Italy (Venice)

The Pillars of Acre (Pilastri d'Acri) at St. Mark's Basilica (Early Byzantine Art)

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Created during the Early Byzantine period, specifically dated to the 6th century AD (c. 500–550 AD), likely produced in a major Eastern Mediterranean workshop such as Constantinople or Syria-Palestine.

Originally functioning as architectural supports, colonnettes, or chancel screen posts in an early Christian Byzantine basilica, they were later re-erected in Venice as monumental trophies of war (spolia) to project Venetian maritime dominance and imperial prestige.