SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY

'Turko-Mongolian' refers to the people who lived to the immediate north and northwest of China. These types of figures have been attributed to the Sui tombs at Luoyang, Henan. Similar examples can be found in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, New York, 1996, p. 88, fig. 131; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, illustrated by E. Schloss, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art From Private and Museum Collections, China House Gallery, The China Institute in America, New York, 1969, fig. 56; and in the Schloss Collection, illustrated by J. Baker in Appeasing the Spirits: Sui and Tang Dynasty Tomb Sculpture From The Schloss Collection, New York, 1993, p. 24, fig. 20.