"Yuezhi from Khaltchayan, north Bactria, 50BC-50AD" Topic
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Druzhina | 22 Oct 2014 8:22 p.m. PST |
Yuezhi from the frieze of Khaltchayan Reception Hall, north Bactria, 50BC-50AD At Khaltchayan, in central Asia, a building datable to c. 50 BC-AD 50 – perhaps a reception hall – was built. It contained a six-column portico, a central hall entered (like a 'broad-room' shrine) through its long side, and a ('centralised'?) square inner chamber with two central columns, enclosed by corridors, but with roof edge ornaments (antefixes) and terracotta roof tiles of Greek type Drawings of Yuezhi (Yue-Chi, later Kushan) costume & soldiers from the frieze of Khaltchayan (Khaltchayana or Khatchayan) Reception Hall, 50 BC-50 AD, north Bactria (southern Uzbekistan) Traces of wall-painting including a head in the vestibule of the Khaltchayan 'reception hall' (c. 50 BC-AD 50) show a continuation of the style seen at Dilberdjin. The main reception chamber in the Khaltchayan hall was decorated with splendid wall reliefs in clay and stucco on a wooden frame … In the centre of the main wall sat a royal couple flanked by attendants; on the north side were further nobles, and a goddess on a chariot, while on the south were central Asian archers…{& a cataphract} Most characteristic of this blended style is the great bronze statue of a Parthian grandee from the Shami sanctuary, variously dated c. 50 BC-AD 150; although Iranian in subject, the figure exhibits a Greek naturalism (Plate XIV). Thus in this period the hybrid has become completely predominant; and within the possibilities offered by this development, one has emerged pre-eminent: that in which different styles are completely blended. Does anyone know the fate of this frieze or have photos of it? MIRROR SITES Drawings of Yuezhi (Yue-Chi, later Kushan) costume & soldiers from the frieze of Khaltchayan (Khaltchayana or Khatchayan) Reception Hall, 50 BC-50 AD, north Bactria (southern Uzbekistan) Drawings of Yuezhi (Yue-Chi, later Kushan) costume & soldiers from the frieze of Khaltchayan (Khaltchayana or Khatchayan) Reception Hall, 50 BC-50 AD, north Bactria (southern Uzbekistan) Druzhina Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |
GurKhan | 23 Oct 2014 2:26 a.m. PST |
"Does anyone know the fate of this frieze or have photos of it?" "The paintings and almost life-size sculptures (in clay, painted) recovered from the palace, now housed in museums in Tashkent…" according to the Encyclopaedia Iranica at link |
Skeptic | 23 Oct 2014 4:53 p.m. PST |
Thanks; that is interesting! |
Druzhina | 23 Oct 2014 11:35 p.m. PST |
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Heinz Good Aryan | 24 Oct 2014 6:56 a.m. PST |
cool by the way gurkhan you are my very favorite type of pickle |
GurKhan | 24 Oct 2014 7:27 a.m. PST |
That's a bit saucy, Mr 57 Varieties. |
Heinz Good Aryan | 24 Oct 2014 8:42 a.m. PST |
together you and i will make a hamburger very, very happy |
Druzhina | 30 Oct 2014 2:56 a.m. PST |
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