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New York · Virginia · China 855-266-9970 www.tkasian.com • info@tkasian.com 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 COMMERCE 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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL 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. ➢ PICTURED: THIS SUPERB SEVEN PIECE SET OF REPOUSSÉ GOLD SADDLE FITTINGS IS A GREAT RARITY MADE FOR THE HIGHEST OF ROYALTY. ➢ DATE: (ca. 6th - 7th CE or earlier) ➢ FRAMED SIZE: 31 1/2" H x 32 1/2" W (80cm H x 80cm W) New York · Virginia · China 855-266-9970 www.tkasian.com • info@tkasian.com TKAA273-04-118394-3