Minneapolis, 29 October 2012
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is welcoming on occasion of an exceptional exhibition the terra cotta soldiers of first Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang. The exhibition started on 28 October 2012 and will be on show through 20 January 2013.
This exhibition offers to discover the life and legacy of Qin Shi Huang, first Chinese Emperor (221-210 BC) through 120 items, including eight terra cotta soldiers and two horses found in his tomb, as well as other equally rare artefacts. This unique event will enable the public to get to know more about one of the major archaeological discoveries of our times. All these objects – jade artefacts, bronze ritual objects and other gold and silver ornaments – illustrate the advent of the Qin dynasty, over 2,000 years ago.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts was already one of the first Western museums to organise an exhibition of these masterpieces in 1985. A quarter of century later, Chinese archaelogists are still trying to unveil the mysteries of this tomb, belonging to the major figure of China’s history, and by no doubt its most famous emperor.