Huge Decorative Chinese Terracotta Soldier Statue Of Qin Shi Huang

Huge Decorative Chinese Statue In Terracotta Soldier Of Qin Shi Huang Very beautiful 20th century piece which was in the decor of a famous themed establishment. Finely sculpted and chiseled, real size (160cm) Restored and reinforced base allowing better stability Removable head This piece is inspired by the Terracotta Army (兵马俑, bīngmǎ yǒng, “figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead”) , or clay army, is a set of nearly eight thousand terracotta statues of soldiers and horses, representing the troops of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. They represent a form of funerary art, as they were buried in the tombs of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum near the city of Xi'an, Shaanxi, in 210–209 BC. This “buried army”, whose statues almost all have a different face, was intended to protect the deceased emperor.