General info
TOKTOI sells replica's of the world famous Terracotta Statues of the Terracotta Army located in Xi'an, China.
Ask for the complete pricelist of all sizes and models via the contact page. We have customers in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK, USA, etc.
All statues can be delivered to your location (will get transportcosts) via courier or packaging services.
In our showroom we have different kind of warriors on stock. From 20cm till 180cm. Please make an appointment before visiting us.
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History
The Terracotta Army is a part of the grave of emperor Qin Sho Hunang (211-214 before Chr.). The grave is located near Xi'an, the capital of the Shaanxi provence.
When emperor Qin Shi Huang came to power, he directly started with building has final resting place. In the year 1974 farmers discovered a Terracotta Warrior while making a well, this was the biggest archeological founding of the 20e century. When they started to excavate in the area more then a thousand warriors and horses where found, a whole army that joined the emperor in his immortality.
Click here for a 3D picture of the excavation hall.
(when the picture is opened hold the left mouse button and start moving the mouse).
Till this day there are more then 8000 figures found in 3 halls. Foot-soldiers, Archers, Horsemen with carriots and horses. All are standing ready for a battle. They are all between 1,60 m and 1,80 m long and non of them are the same. Some are standing while others are knealing with bow and arrow like they could start a war any minute. Some wear armor while others are dresses in a uniform. The weapons they carry were real and a lot of the accessories where made of bronze.
The statues used to be painted in bright colors but because of being burried for 2000 years the colors have dissapeared and most of them are completely black covered with sand.
Archeologists think that more items are burried in the surrounds of the grave. The tomb of the emporer has been found but not yet opened. The army is protecting the tomb of the emporer.
