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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_79
dc.contributor.author	Compareti Matteo
dc.title	Flying over Boundaries. Auspicious Birds in Sino-Sogdian Funerary Art
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The focus is on the representation of auspicious birds in Sino-Sogdian funerary monuments. These birds can be portrayed with a halo behind the head and ribbons attached to their neck. Special emphasis is given to their connection with the mythical Iranian bird, the Simurgh, and the concept of Farr (‘glory, charisma’). In particular, an attempt is made to shed some light on the possible association between the Simurgh, the ‘Western’ Phoenix, and the Chinese Fenghuang.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-08-03
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-101-0/flying-over-boundaries/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/978-88-6969-100-3/006
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-101-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-100-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Fenghuang
dc.subject	Fenghuang
dc.subject	Phoenix
dc.subject	Phoenix
dc.subject	Simurgh
dc.subject	Simurgh
dc.subject	Sino-Sogdian art
dc.subject	Sino-Sogdian art

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Flying over Boundaries

Auspicious Birds in Sino-Sogdian Funerary Art

Matteo Compareti University of California, Berkeley, USA

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The focus is on the representation of auspicious birds in Sino-Sogdian funerary monuments. These birds can be portrayed with a halo behind the head and ribbons attached to their neck. Special emphasis is given to their connection with the mythical Iranian bird, the Simurgh, and the concept of Farr (‘glory, charisma’). In particular, an attempt is made to shed some light on the possible association between the Simurgh, the ‘Western’ Phoenix, and the Chinese Fenghuang.

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978-88-6969-101-0

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978-88-6969-100-3

Keywords: Phoenix • Simurgh • Sino-Sogdian art • Fenghuang

permalink: http://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-100-3/006

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