Made of . These and other artifacts like bells, cranes, amulets and weapons are all widely speculated by experts to be part of the recreation of Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s court in his afterlife.
The terracotta army buried near the tomb of the First Emperor of China - Emperor Qin Shi Huang was unearthed in 1974 outside Xi’an.
A few images of the low-fired clay intricate statues including a general (one of nine in the world), two archers, infantrymen, a cavalry officer, a charioteer, a strongman and a horse that are being exhibited by the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.
Note the unique expression on the faces of the individual warriors
Note the spectrum of designs of costume and head dress designs…
For a larger set of pro images, please visit http://www.jainamishra.com
jm
July 2011
[...] in and starting our project in China. In fact, we had just returned from visiting the world-famous terra-cotta warriors of Xi’an (the first link is a photo gallery I found; the second is Xi’an’s [...]
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