interview Bowers Museum curator Tianlong Jiao World of the Terracotta Warriors

High-level Armored Military Official Figure, Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE); Ceramic, Excavated from Pit No. 1, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Complex, Xi'an in 1979.

A life-sized terracotta statue of a standing warrior in detailed armor, hands clasped, with a topknot hairstyle and calm facial expression, photographed against a dark background.

“World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century” is on view through October 19

interview Bowers Museum curator Tianlong Jiao World of the Terracotta Warriors