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193. Terracotta warriors from the mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor of China. Qin Dynasty. c. 221-209 BCE Painted terracotta.

Form

-About 8,000 terra cotta warriors, 100 wooden chariots, 2 bronze chariots, and 30,000 weapons. -Soldiers are 6 feet tall–taller than the average person of the time; some are fierce, some proud, some confident; actually held metal weapons -Originally colorfully painted -TOmb oriented north-south -The tomb has a rectangular double-walled enclosure.

Content

--The work represents a Chinese army marching into the next world -Each soldier's face is unique and expresses the army's ethnic diversity -Daoism is seen in the individualization of each soldier despite their numbers -This is an early form of mass production, alluding to the power of the state -Discovered in 1974

Function

-Tomb of emperor Shi Huangdi, founder of the first unified Chinese empire

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