Museum director László Baán recalled that nine soldiers, as well as two horses and a cart of the terracotta army had been exhibited at the National Museum in Budapest in 1988.

There has not been an exhibition of this scale about this era, with such a large number of original soldiers, anywhere in the region in the past 25 years, therefore the exhibition can be considered a real sensation not only in Hungary, but also in Central Europe, said Baán.

The exhibition will be open to the public from November 28th, and is said to be one of the most interesting shows around these days.

Exhibition will run until late May next year.

Curator Györgyi Fajcsák, director of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Art, said the exhibition’s central display will feature units of the terracotta army arranged in the same formations in which they were uncovered in China.

She explained that the most significant finds come from the first excavation pit, originally home to around 8,000 life-sized soldiers, several chariots with their drivers, and a range of military officers.

The newly unpacked statue—more than two metres tall — comes from this pit and represents a mid-ranking commander.

Discovered in 1980 at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the figure portrays an infantry leader who would have marched alongside chariots as well as among independent foot units. Some of its original painted details are still visible on the face, armour and clothing.

The flat, two-part headdress identifies the figure as a middle- or lower-ranking officer. He wears a knee-length cloak over short trousers and stockings, paired with square-toed shoes.

His posture suggests he once held a long weapon: his right hand rests at his side, half-clenched, while his left arm is raised. Armour plates protect the chest, back and shoulders.

In addition to the warriors, the exhibition will include more than 150 archaeological objects, such as weapons and ceremonial items. Qin Shi Huang, who became ruler as a teenager in the 3rd century BC, went on to unify the warring states into a vast empire nearly twenty years later.

His mausoleum complex — constructed over 33 years by hundreds of thousands of labourers — contains numerous tombs and a scaled model of his empire.

Although the central tomb has never been opened, Chinese archaeologists have spent the past five decades excavating the surrounding burial sites.

More: 
mfab.hu/exhibitions
 

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