The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army

February 11 to June 26, 2011

A unique selection of some 300 artefacts, including the famous life-size terracotta soldiers of the first Qin Emperor's army, will take visitors back through 1,000 years of Chinese art and history. Bronze vessels, ceramic figurines, jade ornaments, gold swords, architectural fittings and military accoutrements, invaluable evidence of the material culture of the Chou dynasty (1045-221 BC), the first Qin empire (221 BC- 206 BC) and the Western Han dynasty (206 BC-23 AD), will shed light on the birth of a new cultural and geo-political cohesion that would indelibly permeate China for centuries to come. The fourteen terracotta soldiers - the largest number ever exhibited in North America - the life-size horses, recently unearthed herons and geese, functionaries and acrobats, as well as a large number of burial figurines from the imperial tombs of the Han emperors Gaozu and Jingdi,are remarkable for their sheer beauty and exquisite craftsmanship.

This exhibition was organized by the Royal Ontario Museum in partnership with the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People's Republic of China, with the collaboration of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

 

$ Admission Fee
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion

 

CHINA, Qin Dynasty (220-206 B.C.), Superior Rank Officer (General).
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Museum of the Terracotta Army.