Chinese Hand Painted Masks

See this beautiful hand painted animal clay sculpture and masks:

Tiger:



















Ox:














Mice:











Pig:
















Dog:

















Rooster:























Monkey:


















Sheep:




















Snake:

Dragon:

Rabbit:

Fighting Ox:

Character:

Mask:












History of it:

Since the Neolithic(2500 B.C), China clay sculpture art has existed, in the Han Dynasty it has become a major artistic varieties. When the rise of Taoism and Buddhism were introduced, as well as the Buddhist temples, imperial court rise, directly contributed to the clay sculpture and clay sculpture idol demand the development of the art. By the Tang Dynasty, clay sculpture art reached its peak.
Our clay sculpture is origin of Fengxiang County; there are more than 100 households do clay sculptures by hands now. There is a history about it: in 1370 A.D, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (emperor of Song Dynasty) conducted General Li Wenbing to protect Fengxiang County. After the war was over,
These soldiers settled down and began to make clay sculpture to sell in the market for living.

In order to sell a good price, they painted various colors on the sculpture, Different colors and veins have different meanings. Green means having a long lifetime; red means being prosperous in the four seasons. Sweet grass means protecting you from anything evil, fruit tree means wealthy, butterfly means everything goes well, penny means doing a great job in business.


After 600 years of development, today these painting clay sculptures are as an independent art form, with high aesthetic value and becoming the special and wonderful crafts for home decoration. Our Chinese clay sculpture (Nisu) will take you to the paradise of folk art and Chinese cultural.

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Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses

Details on different terracotta warriors hairstyle:

Upper right is a charioteer; upper right is an armored warrior; left is armor with traces of red and black pigment - all of the figures were originally painted. Some pigments evidence a high sophistication of the artisans responsible for creating the terracotta warriors. One blue pigment was made by blending bronze, barium, and a silica acid.

Examples of the terracotta warriors showing details on faces: left is an officer (note the cap on the head); in the row below are two more officers; below on the left is a soldier wearing a battle hat.

Studies of these life-size pottery figures, weighing between 242 and 660 pounds, indicate they were fired at much higher temperatures, between 950 and 1,050 degrees centigrade, resulting in a much harder pottery figures. Constructed from local clay all of the figures were constructed essentially using the same methods. They dress the different colors uniform and without helmets from generals to soldiers. In that time, the troops didn’t supply the uniform for soldiers.

Detailed figures of some warriors
No two are alike

In another of the buildings the terracotta warriors were arranged in smaller, room-like compartmentsMany of the figures have been restored but are missing heads. The bodies and heads were sculpted and fired separately which accounts for the large hole appearing at the neck.

In the pictures you can see some of the differences between the various soldiers in the terracotta army. Notice the different breastplates, hair and cap styles, and the position of the arms and hands.

Pit 1 showing columns of the terracotta army's life-size figures In Pit 1 the terracotta warriors are arranged in typical battle formation.
Officers and soldiers of various ranks stand in 11 columns with others in horse drawn chariots.Each soldier is life-size and dressed according to their rank and unit within the army. Many carried spears, bows and arrows, and other instruments. Unlike the warriors and horses these were the actual articles and have disintegrated over the two thousand years the army has lain dormant and covered by the earth. Pit 1 is estimated to contain about 6,000 terracotta warriors.

From Xi'an the China we know today would be formed thanks to China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang . It was Emperor Qin who unified all of the warring clans into a unified nation in 230 B.C.
Emperor Qin ordered the construction of his tomb when he was only 13 years old, an order that involved hundreds of thousands of workers and thirty-six years to complete. It is also believed that Qin ordered that the tomb workers and supervisors involved in its design be buried alive to protect its secrets.
Qin's terracotta army is the earliest military troop in the history of the world, which consists of life-size figures of warriors, depicted in battle dress according to rank and unit, and numerous figures of horses and chariots, and this is only part of what is believed to be his grand tomb.

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