Riderless Horse , Late 6th-Early 7th century CE
h = 62.3 cm
White marble

COMMENT: A Nameless Sogdian merchant has died, far from his homelands. We do not know his name. His riderless horse faces left. Four attendants stand behind it while a fifth offers the horse a drink. In the upper register, life goes on as two horsemen ride to the right.
Panel from a Funerary Couch, Left B, Miho Museum, Koka, Japan.

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