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Terra-cotta figure of a kneeling archer A vanguard of some 160 figures of kneeling archers,
facing east in almost identical postures, were
Height 122 (48)
positioned in four double-rowed corridors in the
Qin Dynasty, third century BCE (c. 210) northeastern sector of Pit 2. Arrowheads, crossbow
From Pit 2 at Xiyangcun, Lintong, Shaanxi Province
triggers, traces of wooden bows and fragments of
Qin Terra-cotta Museum, Lintong, Shaanxi Province swords and scabbards were found scattered around
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them. This archer is clad in trousers and a double-
layered tunic covered by a jacket of armor with
epaulieres. His torso is slightly turned and he gazes
forward intently; his left hand, resting on his left

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