Artist: Unknown
Title: Qin Shi Huang Di's tomb, soldier from the main eastern pit
Material: terracotta
Site: Lintong in Shaanxi, China
Current Location:
Period/Date: Competed shortly after 207 B.C.E.
Iconography/Iconology:
Stylistic Comments: The figures are so realsitic that it was widely believed that they were portraits of individuals. However, recent studies have shown that there were sets of molds from which different facial features and garment-types were made. Nearly lifesize, these figures offer great insight into costume, armor and military technology during the Qin dynasty.
