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group of six soldiers |
The soldiers carry spears, lances and shields; leather bags and water bottles are attached to their clothes. Their facial features are clearly non-chinese most probably Xianbei (turko-mongolian). It is an historical fact that in the Northern Zhou period the army was made by Xianbei soldiers. Foreigners have been often represented
in Chinese burial sculpture an exhibition on “Foreigners in Ancient
Chinese Art from Private and Museum collections” was organized by
the China House Gallery in 1969 by E. Schloss., Ref: “The E. Schloss Collection of Chinese Pottery Figurines” New York, 1963 illustrating terracotta figurines of Persians, Indians, Mongols, Turkish peoples, Semitic types, etc., from the Han and Tang TL tested |