The terra-cotta figures of Qin and human representations from the 5th century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.

In 1974, an army of over 7,000 life size soldiers and horses sculpted in clay and equipped with actual bronze weapons and chariots was discovered in Lintong, Shaanxi Province, near the mausoleum of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shihuangdi. As a component part of the mausoleum, the army was produce...

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Main Author: Wong, Saintfield S. F.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25257