Sabao

An Jia

on his horse, as he appears in one of the panels of his tomb. 579 CE

Sabao (薩保, Sàbǎo, "Protector, Guardian") was an official Chinese title in the 5th-7th centuries CE, used for government-appointed leaders of the

An Jia was Sabao and Grand Governor (大都督, Dàdūdū) of Tong Prefecture

.

They were in charge of commercial affairs for foreign merchants from

An Jia, Wirkak or Yu Hong.^[2]^[3]

The tombs of the Sabaos in China are among the most lavish of the period in this country, and are only slightly inferior to Imperial tombs, suggesting that they were among the wealthiest members of the population.[4]

Tombs of Sabaos

Tomb of An Jia, 579 CE, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.
The
Xi'an City Museum
Tomb of Yu Hong, 592 CE, Shanxi Museum.

References

^ ^a ^b Xu, Jin 徐津 (1 January 2019). "The Funerary Couch of An Jia and the Art of Sogdian Immigrants in Sixth-century China". The Burlington Magazine.
^ "Anjia Tomb". dla.library.upenn.edu.
ISBN 978-1-108-54810-6
.

ISBN 978-2-7226-0516-9
. Ce sont les décors funéraires les plus riches de cette époque, venant juste après ceux de la famille impériale; il est probable que les sabao étaient parmi les éléments les plus fortunés de la population.

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[XJ-1] Xu, Jin 徐津 (1 January 2019). "The Funerary Couch of An Jia and the Art of Sogdian Immigrants in Sixth-century China". The Burlington Magazine.

[UPE-2] "Anjia Tomb". dla.library.upenn.edu.

[NDI90-3] ISBN 978-1-108-54810-6
.

[FG-4] ISBN 978-2-7226-0516-9
. Ce sont les décors funéraires les plus riches de cette époque, venant juste après ceux de la famille impériale; il est probable que les sabao étaient parmi les éléments les plus fortunés de la population.

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