Terracotta

I have chose to blog about the terracotta army. "Soldier and horse funerary statues" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. This is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BCE. The purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. These figures include warriors(8,000), chariots(130) and horses(520). It was only discovered in March 1974 by a farmer digging a water well. This was soon later revealed as the largest pottery figurine group ever found in China.  

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