Anyang funerary bed
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Anyang funerary bed (reconstitution). | |
| Created | 550–577 CE (Northern Qi) |
| Discovered | Probably Anyang 36°05′56″N 114°23′31″E / 36.099°N 114.392°E |
| Present location | Parts in the Freer Gallery of Art, Museum of East Asian Art (Cologne), Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Guimet Museum. |
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The Anyang funerary bed (Chinese: 安阳北齐石棺), also known locally as the Bed of Ts'ao Ts'ao (from the Chinese hero Cao Cao), is a Chinese funerary couch belonging to a Sogdian merchant and official active in China in the 6th century CE. The tomb was discovered in 1911, and the components of the funerary bed were dispersed among various museums in the world after being offered on the art market. It is thought the funerary bed was excavated in Anyang (ancient Zhangdefu), capital of the Northern Qi dynasty. It is stylically dated to the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577 CE).