![]() Intriguingly, the sheer number of warriors and their armoury suggest they were made through an early form of mass production. Time and the ravages of nature have also robbed the warriors of the real weapons they once bore. ![]() Originally painted in bright red, blue, pink and gold, today Qin Shi Huang’s kit-of-parts warriors are bleached of colour. Buried in formation in brick-lined trenches, each appears to have its own character, although in fact their moustachioed faces are derived from 10 basic types. Some of the warriors are now going on show among 160 other works of art drawn from 32 Chinese museums and archaeological institutions in the exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a veritable army of visitors is expected. Only 1972’s Treasures of Tutankhamun show drew a bigger crowd. Over the next six months more than 850,000 visitors came to inspect them. ![]() Qin Shi Huang’s soldiers marched into the British Museum in September 2007. The uncovering of legions of life-like terracotta warriors excited China and thrilled the world. ![]()
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