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photograph of current display in the Grand Vestibule
Grand Vestibule: The British Monarchy and the World

The Grand Vestibule at Windsor Castle reflects interaction between the monarchy and the wider world

CHINESE

Kneeling Archer

1986

RCIN 68713

A kneeling Chinese warrior wearing body armour, his hair tied up in a bun and with a short moustache, sculpted in dark grey clay. The sculpture is a small-scale replica of the kneeling archer from the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC), first Emperor of China, which was discovered in Shaanxi province in 1974.

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