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  2. The Acrobats - Wikipedia

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    Before the Terracotta Army, very few sculptures had ever been created, and none were naturalistic. [8] Among the very few such depictions known in China before that date: four wooden figurines [9] from Liangdaicun (梁帶村) in Hancheng (韓城), Shaanxi, possibly dating to the 9th century BCE; two wooden human figurines of foreigners possibly representing sedan chair bearers from a Qin state ...

  3. Terracotta Army - Wikipedia

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    The mound where the tomb is located Plan of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and location of the Terracotta Army ().The central tomb itself has yet to be excavated. [4]The construction of the tomb was described by the historian Sima Qian (145–90 BCE) in the Records of the Grand Historian, the first of China's 24 dynastic histories, which was written a century after the mausoleum's completion.

  4. Chinese sculpture - Wikipedia

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    The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221 to 210 BC, as a grand imperial version of the figures long placed in tombs to enable the deceased to enjoy the same lifestyle in the afterlife as when alive, replacing actual sacrifices of very early periods.

  5. Forbidden Gardens - Wikipedia

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    Full-scale statues at Forbidden Gardens in Katy, Texas. Replica of the Emperor Qin's throne on display at Forbidden Gardens. Forbidden Gardens (simplified Chinese: 紫禁花园; traditional Chinese: 紫禁花園) was an outdoor museum of Chinese culture and history located on Texas Highway 99 and Franz Road in northern Katy, Greater Houston, Texas, United States.

  6. Yangjiawan terracotta army - Wikipedia

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    Western Han Terracotta Army of Yangjiawan. The Yangjiawan terracotta army (Ch: 杨家湾兵马俑) is a small funeral terracotta army of the Western Han period, which was excavated in Yangjiawan, in the region of Xianyang, Shaanxi, a few kilometers north of Xi'an. The terracotta army belong to auxiliary tombs to the mausoleum of the first Han ...

  7. Category:Military art - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Military art" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total. ... Yangjiawan terracotta army; Sami Yetik This page was ...

  8. File:Terracotta army xian.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Terra Cotta Army archeological dig museum at Xi'an photo taken by Richard Chambers on AAA Yantze Sampler tour May 2004 with Olympus C-740 digital camera. This photograph shows part of the Terra Cotta army dig near Xi'an in China. The photograph gives an idea of the number of figures, some 8,000 total, as well as the various stages of restoration.

  9. Etruscan terracotta warriors - Wikipedia

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    The Etruscan terracotta warriors are three statues that resemble the work of the ancient Etruscans, but are in fact art forgeries.The statues, created by Italian brothers Pio and Alfonso Riccardi and three of their six sons, were bought by The Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1915 and 1921.

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