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Left Back Slab (MFA) of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch

Bas Relief, Northern Qi dynasty, A.D. 550-577

China, Henan province, probably Ce xian


Back of a funerary couch   China, Henan province, probably Ce xian; Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577; Gray marble with traces of pigment; 64 x 115.8 x 10 cm (25 3/16 x 45 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Accession Number: 12.589.

A detail of a Sogdian horseman from the lower centre of this slab
The entry for this slab at the Boston MFA

Back to the smaller image of the Left Back Slab of a Sogdian Mortuary Couch. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 12.589.