The original plan for this art collection involved surrounding it with a hundred rivers of simulated mercury.
The original plan for this art collection involved surrounding it with a hundred rivers of simulated mercury. One work in this collection features a man who sits beneath an umbrella and holds the reins of four horses. Elements in this art collection were surrounded by bronze cranes and ducks, and faced towards conquered Eastern states in four pits. The belly size and height of people in this collection indicates their role. This collection was found by farmers drilling for a well in Xian ("SHEE-ahn") in 1974. For 10 points, identify this group of more than eight thousand unique sculpted men and horses which protects the tomb of China's Qin Shihuang.
The original plan for this art collection involved surrounding it with a hundred rivers of simulated mercury.
The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huangdi [or the Terracotta Warriors and Horses; or Terracotta Soldiers; or Terracotta warriors; or Bing Ma Yong; accept "Qin Shihuangdi's tomb mound" or "funerary monument of Qin Shihuangdi" before mention] 