Warrior, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th–7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 9 1/4 x 5 3/8

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Warrior, Kizil kingdom, ca. 6th–7th century, China (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Pigments on mud plaster, 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Armored figures are sometimes shown as devotees in the later cave temples at Kizil, at related sites such as Tumshuq, and in the secular wall paintings of Sogdia. They represent the ruling military elite who controlled the oasis kingdoms, such as those centered in Kucha on the northern part of the Silk Road and in Khotan on the southern branch

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