A Ritual Scene, Piandjikent

A larger image of this Ritual Scene, Piandjikent.

Illustration 87, p.104 in Tamara Talbot Rice, Ancient Arts of Central Asia, 1965
87 Drawing of a mural at Piandjikent representing a ritual scene which is probably connected with the spring festival. The men in the right-hand section hold branches of almond blossom and gold vessels of Sassanian shape. The left-hand section shows a priest kneeling on a carpet beside an altar, his attendant close by. Seventh-eighth century

87 Wall-painting (reconstruction) ritual scene, probably depicting the Nu Ruz sacrifice, with traces of Soghdian inscription. Piandjikent, building X, north wall, seventh-eighth century. Photo: State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad
Soghdian Murals at Piandjikent, an extract from ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA by Tamara Talbot Rice

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Referenced as fig 8 in "Two Miniatures from the Collections of Topkapi" by Emil Esin, in Ars Orientalis V, p. 152

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Men with almond blossom and gold vessels

Ancient Panjakent fresco representing the king of Panjakent, Devashtich