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◇ Collection Name:sitting terracotta warriors in armor
◇ Historical date:Western Han dynasty
◇ Collection Size:height 25, width 18 cm
◇ Collection Source:terracotta warriors pit in Shizishan, Xuzhou
The terracotta warriors, with their heads in the shape of wind helmets and the helmet eaves hanging over their shoulders, only show their faces. The shape of helmets is the same as that of iron helmets unearthed from the tomb of the king of Chu in Shizishan. The mouth, eyes, eyebrows and nose of the face are clearly shaped and lifelike. The terracotta warriors wear wide sleeves and long Ru inside, short sleeves and knee armour outside, and long Ru hang to cover the feet. There are arrow sheaths on the back of the figurine. The right hand clenches a fist, the palm of the hand has a round hole with a diameter of 1.2cm and the hand should hold some object alike. The left hand is half clenched with much more space and should have long weapons. The body of the figurine was originally painted and only some traces left now. The helmet top is decorated with dots, and the local part is decorated with short stripes. The head and body of these terracotta warriors are made of front and back moulds, and then they are bonded with arms. There are obvious joint marks on both sides of the terracotta warriors. From the point of view of modeling characteristics, this kind of terracotta warriors is not the actual soldiers. They are in the same group with the terracotta figures, which are densely arranged and arranged in order. There are 22 rows, 8-11 in each row, 212 in total, representing a military array. Generally, there are more vehicular soldier than chariot driver. However, the number of terracotta chariot warriors unearthed in Shizishan terracotta pit is three times more than the number of terracotta vehicle warriors. The unearthed figures of chariots soldier and vehicular soldier show that chariots were an important part of the early Chu army.