Chinese Terracotta Army


The Terracotta Army is a massive collection consisting of 8,000 clay warriors and horses which were discovered in 1974 next to the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi. Each statue is unique and there are tens of thousands more figures still to be uncovered. The Terracotta Army represents the largest hoard of ceramic art found anywhere in the world, and remains the greatest sculptural masterpiece of Asian art. Each of the 8,000 terracotta warriors is unique, with a different face and facial expression, and vary in uniform and hairstyle in accordance with rank. I chose to share the picture above because it allows you to get an idea of how large the statues are and how they all look unique.

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