Fragment of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_East" class="extiw" title="w:Church of the East">Church of the East</a> painting found in Cave 17 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogao_Caves" class="extiw" title="w:Mogao Caves">Mokao Caves</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang" class="extiw" title="w:Dunhuang">Tunhwang</a>, 9th century, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Empire#Reign_of_Trisong_Detsen_(756%E2%80%93797?)" class="extiw" title="w:Tibetan Empire">Imperial Tibetan</a> rule (787–848) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiyi_Circuit" class="extiw" title="w:Guiyi Circuit">Guiyi Era</a> (848–1036) of Tunhwang. According to Dr. Buslig Szonja of Eötvös Loránd University and Prof. Lin Meicun of Peking University, the figure is a representation of Jesus Christ. Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/narratives/discovery/09/index.html.ja">http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/narratives/discovery/09/index.html.ja</a> (in Japanese).
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