Taerpo Horserider
| Taerpo Horserider | |
|---|---|
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| Material | Terracotta |
| Size | 23 cm tall[1] |
| Created | 4th–3rd century BCE |
| Discovered | Taerpo cemetery, near Xianyang 34°21′41″N 108°44′36″E / 34.361309°N 108.743223°E[2] |
| Present location | Xianyang Museum
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The Taerpo Horserider is a terracotta figurine dated to the 4th–3rd century BCE from a Qin tomb in the Taerpo cemetery (塔兒坡墓), near Xianyang in Shaanxi. Another nearly-identical statuette is known, from the same tomb. Small holes in his hands suggest that he was originally holding reins in one hand, and a weapon in the other.[1]
This is the earliest known representation of a cavalryman in China.[1][3][4] King Zheng of Qin (246–221 BCE) is also known to have employed steppe cavalry men in his army, as seen in the Terracotta Army.[5]
Only red and white are used as colors, as most terracotta statuettes known from the Qin state period.[6]
Another view of the statuette.jpg)
Taerpo horserider (face detail)_vs_Terracotta_Army_(210_BCE).jpg)
Difference in realism between the Taerpo statuette (4th-3rd century BCE) and the Terracotta Army (210 BCE).[7].jpg)
Front view
References
- 1 2 3 Khayutina, Maria (Autumn 2013). "From wooden attendants to terracotta warriors" (PDF). Bernisches Historisches Museum the Newsletter (65): 2, Fig.4. Khayutina, Maria (2013). Qin: the eternal emperor and his terracotta warriors (1. Aufl ed.). Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. p. cat. no. 314. ISBN 978-3-03823-838-6.
- ↑ 咸阳塔儿坡秦墓 发现战国晚期墓葬385座_考古_文物_墓地. www.sohu.com (in Chinese).
- ↑ Nickel, Lukas (October 2013). "The First Emperor and sculpture in China". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 76 (3): 416–418. doi:10.1017/S0041977X13000487. ISSN 0041-977X.
- ↑ Qingbo, Duan (January 2023). "Sino-Western Cultural Exchange as Seen through the Archaeology of the First Emperor's Necropolis" (PDF). Journal of Chinese History. 7 (1): 26, fig. 1, 27. doi:10.1017/jch.2022.25. S2CID 251690411.
- ↑ Rawson, Jessica (April 2017). "China and the steppe: reception and resistance". Antiquity. 91 (356): 386. doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.276. S2CID 165092308.
- ↑ Duan, Qingbo (2018). Persian and Greek Participation in the making of China's First Empire. UCLA. Event occurs at 41:00–44:00).
- ↑ Nickel, Lukas (October 2013). "The First Emperor and sculpture in China". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 76 (3): 416–421. doi:10.1017/S0041977X13000487. ISSN 0041-977X.
