Feng Hetu

Feng Hetu (封和突 Fēng Hétū, 438-501 CE) was a Chinese military official and a minister of the Northern Wei dynasty.

[1] One plate especially has Sasanian-style designs, and is thought to have been manufactured in Northern Afghanistan or Southern Turkmenistan.

[5] The plate is dated the 3rd-4th century CE, and probably belongs to the artistic production of the Kushano-Sasanians.

[6] The tomb also had an epitaph, giving a summary account of the life of Feng Hetu.

[1] The epitaph reads: 屯騎校尉建威將軍洛州刺/史昌國子封使君墓志銘/ 屯騎校尉、領都牧令、昌國子,公/ 姓封,字和突,恆州代郡平城人/ 也。昊天不弔,春秋六十有四,以/ 景明二年春正月薨於官。帝用/ 震悼,遣使即柩贈州刺史,密印/ 授,禮也。以正始元年夏四月卜/ 兆於武周界,刊石勒頌,式述聲/ 芳。其辭曰:少深岐嶷,長勗寬明。/ 內盡孝思,外竭忠誠。在高無危,/ 處滿不盈。鐫摸玄石,庶揮風清。Northern Wei art came under influence of Indian and Central Asian traditions through the mean of trade routes.

Another foreign silver vessel from the tomb of Feng Hetu. Shanxi Museum .
Epitaph of Feng Hetu