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Armoured infantryman, terracotta

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Object image caption: Armoured general and armoured infantryman, terracotta, Qin dynasty (221-206 BC). Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, Lintong, Shaanxi Province, China.
Photo by kind permission Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau © The Trustees of the British Museum

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