interview Bowers Museum curator Tianlong Jiao World of the Terracotta Warriors

Chariot Panel Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-771 BCE); Bronze, The Northern Chariot and Horse Pit at Hejia, Zhouyuan, Fufeng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, 2014.

A corroded bronze mask with exaggerated eyes, curled nostrils and fangs, heavily oxidized to a turquoise patina, displayed on a flat surface.

“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