Gallery
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A rank of soldiers. One of the soldiers on the left is missing his head, a result of the fact that the statues were made in pieces and then assembled.
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An archer's statue.
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Terracotta Warrior, kneeling figurine.
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Note how the faces of these two soldiers differ from each other. Each statue was constructed to be unique.
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A cavalryman and his mount.
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Ranks of terracotta infantrymen.
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The Terracotta Warriors were once painted. Today only a handful of statues contain small amounts of paint. Also notice the detail put into the soles of the warrior's shoes.
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Bronze chariot for the emperor.
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“I should like to have seen a gallery of coronation beauties, at Westminster Abbey, confronted for a moment by this band of Island girls; their stiffness, formality, and affectation contrasted with the artless vivacity and unconcealed natural graces of these savage maidens. It would be the Venus de’ Medici placed beside a milliner’s doll.”
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