Anyang funerary bed

Anyang funerary bed
Anyang funerary bed (reconstitution).[1][2]
Created550–577 CE (Northern Qi)
DiscoveredProbably Anyang
36°05′56″N 114°23′31″E / 36.099°N 114.392°E / 36.099; 114.392
Present locationParts in the Freer Gallery of Art, Museum of East Asian Art (Cologne), Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Guimet Museum.[2]
Anyang is located in Continental Asia
Anyang
Anyang
Anyang is located in China
Anyang
Anyang
The Prince, presumable owner of the tomb, on horseback. From one of the panels of the Anyang funerary bed.[3]
Sogdian tombs in China
Anyang funerary bed550–577 CE
Tomb of Kang Ye571 CE
Miho funerary couchc. 570 CE
Tomb of An Jia579 CE
Tomb of Wirkak580 CE
Tomb of An Bei589 CE
Tomb of Yu Hong592 CE
Kooros couch557–618 CE
Tianshui tomb581–624 CE

The Anyang funerary bed (Chinese: 安阳北齐石棺), also known locally as the Bed of Ts'ao Ts'ao (from the Chinese hero Cao Cao), is a Chinese funerary couch belonging to a Sogdian merchant and official active in China in the 6th century CE. The tomb was discovered in 1911,[4] and the components of the funerary bed were dispersed among various museums in the world after being offered on the art market.[2][5] It is thought the funerary bed was excavated in Anyang (ancient Zhangdefu), capital of the Northern Qi dynasty.[5] It is stylically dated to the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577 CE).

  1. ^ "Anyang Funerary Bed The Sogdians". sogdians.si.edu.
  2. ^ a b c Scaglia, Gustina (1958). "Central Asians on a Northern Ch'i Gate Shrine". Artibus Asiae. 21 (1): 9–28. doi:10.2307/3249023. ISSN 0004-3648. JSTOR 3249023.
  3. ^ "Anyang Funerary Bed The Sogdians". sogdians.si.edu.
  4. ^ GRENET, Frantz (2020). Histoire et cultures de l'Asie centrale préislamique. Paris, France: Collège de France. p. 321. ISBN 978-2-7226-0516-9.
  5. ^ a b "Anyang Funerary Bed The Sogdians". sogdians.si.edu.