SimplyAbuDhabi XV

SOGDIAN EMPIRE (ca. 600 BCE - 900 CE ) TK'S RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SAMPLING OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE SOGDIAN EMPIRE ca. 600 BCE 900 CE ARE AN INSPIRING COLLECTION. SOGDIANA EXISTED AS A PROVINCE OF THE ACHAMENID EMPIRE THAT LIVED BEYOND THE FALL OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. THE SOGDIANS ESTABLISHED TOWNS SUCH AS SAMARKAND THAT MARKED A PATH OF NETWORKING TRADE ROUTES TO CHINA. WONDERFUL BROCADES AND DESIGNS OF SOGDIAN SILKS AND TEXTILES MADE THEIR WAY INTO CHINA AND WERE EVENTUALLY ADOPTED BY THE CHINESE, CREATING AN OPEN MARKET OF SILK ALONG THE SILK ROAD. CHINESE COM MERCE SPREAD GOODS LIKE SILK INTO CENTRAL ASIA, BUT THE WORKS RENDERED BY THE SOGDIANS ARE COMMONLY VIEWED AS THE SEMINAL WORKS OF ART THAT SPREAD DEMAND FOR SILK DURING THE FIRST MILLENNIUM C.E. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOGDIANS WORKS OF NOBLE METALS ARE RECOGNIZED AS AMONG THE FINEST FOUND IN CENTRAL ASIA, TIBET AND NORTHWEST CHINA. LARGE COMMUNITIES OF SOGDIANS IMMIGRATED TO CHINA IN THE SUI 581 619 CE AND TANG 618 906 CE DYNASTIES. RECENT ARCHAE OLOGICAL FINDINGS IN THE CHINESE PROVINCES OF NINGXIA, QINGHAI AND XINJIANG HAVE PROVIDED GOOD EXAMPLES OF THE HIGH REGARD HELD FOR THE SOGDIANS IN CHINESE COURTS, WHICH EVEN GAVE MANY SOGDIANS CHINESE GOVERNMENTAL POSITIONS AND NAMES. THIS EXTRAORDINARY SEVEN PIECE SET OF REPOUSSÉ GOLD SADDLE FITTINGS IS A GREAT RARITY MADE FOR THE HIGHEST OF ROYALTY. ca. 6th - 7th CE or Earlier 31 1/2” x Highx 32 1/2” (80cm High x 80cm Wide)