Sogdian wall painting

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Central Asian art Sogdian art mural art tradition

Sogdian wall painting is a distinctive Central Asian mural art tradition known for its vivid colors, narrative scenes, and rich depictions of trade, religion, and daily life along the Silk Road.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Afrasiab murals 1
Panjikent murals 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Asian art ⓘ
Sogdian art ⓘ
mural art tradition ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance evidence of Silk Road cultural exchange ⓘ
key visual source for Sogdian culture ⓘ
associatedWith Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Sogdiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts banquet scenes ⓘ
courtly life ⓘ
musicians and dancers ⓘ
mythological beings ⓘ
processions ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
trade along the Silk Road ⓘ
floruitCentury 6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
foundAt Afrasiab (Samarkand) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mugh castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panjikent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varakhsha NERFINISHED ⓘ
function domestic decoration ⓘ
religious decoration ⓘ
status display ⓘ
geographicRegion Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Central Asian Buddhist painting ⓘ
Tang dynasty mural art ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese art ⓘ
Hellenistic art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian art ⓘ
Iranian art NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed earthen plaster ⓘ
mineral pigments ⓘ
patron Sogdian merchants ⓘ
Sogdian nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTheme Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
local cults ⓘ
subjectMatter diplomatic missions ⓘ
hunting scenes ⓘ
multicultural encounters ⓘ
technique secco painting ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
visualCharacteristic frontal figures ⓘ
hieratic scale ⓘ
narrative scenes ⓘ
ornamental borders ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Sogdians → artStyle → Sogdian wall painting ⓘ
Sogdia → archaeologicalSite → Sogdian wall painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panjikent murals
Afrasiab archaeological site → contains → Sogdian wall painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afrasiab murals