Post Card of Chinese Terracotta Warrior produced by
The British Museum. Property of E, May, 2008.
This post card is a souvenir of a wonderful exhibition of Chinese Terracotta Warriors that was shown at the Bowers Museum in Orange County, California from May through October, 2008.
The traveling exhibit, on loan from China, features excavations of warriors, horses, various implements, elements of construction and pictures of the excavations as they took place.
The Terracotta Warriors date from China's First Emperor and the Qin dynasty between 221-206 BC.
The fellow at right is an infantryman and was excavated in 1976.
For more information on the Bowers Museum and this exhibition, visit http://www.bowers.org/exhibits/TerraCotta_Warriors/index.jsp.
Most of the pieces I saw were life-size and very intricate. The warriors, horses, musicians and other elements of the exhibit were created under the auspices of China's First Emperor, a boy king, to protect him in the afterlife. The warriors and additional parts now on exhibit were discovered accidentally by farmers. Excavations began in the 1970's.
