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Terracotta Army - China

by

Alex Tudorica/Novapix

Reference

t-aschi-72001

Date

2017-11-17

Collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. December 2016.