Treasure Types · TT800

Sculpture & Statuary

Figures and statues of any material: tomb figures, religious images, pictorial stones and monumental sculpture

46treasures

6sub-types

10dynasties

Representative treasures

46 treasures
Western Han dynasty · Bronze Mirrors & LampsChangxin Palace LampA gilded Han lamp that swallows its own smokeHebei MuseumTE10012Late Shang dynasty · Censers & Other MetalworkBronze Sacred Tree from SanxingduiThe ancient Shu tree that reached for the skySanxingdui MuseumTE10013Eastern Han dynasty · Tomb FiguresStoryteller Beating a DrumAn Eastern Han storyteller, laughing for nearly two thousand yearsNational Museum of ChinaTE10050Qin dynasty · Tomb FiguresTerracotta Army of the Mausoleum of the First Qin EmperorThe First Emperor's army undergroundEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10051Tang dynasty · Tomb FiguresSancai Camel Carrying Musicians from the Tomb of Xianyu TinghaiA Tang band on camelbackNational Museum of ChinaTE10052Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Standing Figure from SanxingduiAmong the tallest bronze figures of its ageSanxingdui MuseumTE10053Qin dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Chariots and Horses of Qin Shihuang's MausoleumCarriages for the First Emperor's journeys in the afterlifeEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10054Eastern Han dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureGalloping Bronze HorseThe galloping horse of China's tourism emblemGansu Provincial MuseumTE10055Southern dynasties · Pictorial Stones & BricksBrick Mural of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong QiqiThe Wei-Jin spirit of freedom, built in brickNanjing MuseumTE10056Tang dynasty · Tomb & Monumental StoneFour of the Six Steeds of ZhaolingThe war horses that won Taizong his empireXi'an Beilin MuseumTE10057Western Han dynasty · Tomb & Monumental StoneStone Sculptures of the Maoling MausoleumA stone memorial to a young generalMaoling MuseumTE10058Neolithic, Hongshan culture · Clay & Painted SculptureGoddess Head of the Hongshan CultureThe Hongshan goddess with eyes of jadeLiaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and ArchaeologyTE10059

Sub-types by dynasty

Where each sub-type's treasures fall across the dynasties; click an ink dot to open that sub-type at that dynasty.

Sculpture & Statuary · Sub-types by dynasty
ShangZhouQinHanJinNorthern and SouthernTangSongQing
Tomb Figures5
Bronze Figures & Sculpture11
Religious Images12
Pictorial Stones & Bricks5
Tomb & Monumental Stone11
Clay & Painted Sculpture4
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