Shaanxi History Museum - Collection Highlights

Collection Highlights

Highlights of the museum include:

• Fossils of the Lantian Man (preceded Peking Man),
• The Deer Pattern Eaves Tile from the Qin Dynasty,
• The Kneeling Archer, a 120 cm tall figure unearthed in 1977 from Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb
• The Four Footed Li, a Shang Dynasty bronze cooking utensil,
• Playing Polo, a Tang Dynasty mural of people playing polo in China,
• The Empress's Seal, a jade seal from the Western Han Dynasty, excavated near the tomb of Emperor Gao Zu, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty — one of the most important imperial seals ever found in China.