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Subject:
Xian warrior in the green cloth box
Category: Arts and Entertainment Asked by: hannahveal-ga List Price: $20.00 |
Posted:
23 Jul 2006 12:48 PDT
Expires: 22 Aug 2006 12:48 PDT Question ID: 748779 |
I am interested in selling some artifacts that my recently divorced father recieved as a gift. There are 2 ~14" (terra cotta?) warriors, 1 large horse and 1 small warrior (~5") and 1 small horse (~5"). All of the statues have a felted bottom with a sticker that says, "Handmade in Xian China" and each has it's own blue cloth box. In each box there is a certificate of authenticity stamped from 1982. Do you know how much these might be worth? I can attach photos if neccesary...Thank you! |
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Re: Xian warrior in the green cloth box
From: myoarin-ga on 23 Jul 2006 13:38 PDT |
There is a big industry in Xian of producing replicas of the figures found there since 1974. There are full-sized replicas of the soldiers, and miniature ones, such as your father was given. The fact that they are in boxes with authentication certificates only verifies that they are miniaturized replicas from Xian. The actual figures found in the archaeological sites are much larger. Here is a website selling such: http://www.taylorandng.com/wstore/shop.cgi?page=/terra.html&cart_id=58938.15604 ON this site, level with day 6, you can find another mention of replicas from Xian: http://www.letstravelchina.com/TourDetail.aspx?ProductId=100 Here is a eBay offering: http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/TERRACOTTA-HORSE-REPLICA-GSS-PROMO_W0QQitemZ140006835154QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4107QQcmdZViewItem Scroll down and note the red text on the green field that states that the figures are hand carves from stone, but then calls them "terracotta", which is correct, a ceramic, not carved stone. Maybe authorized replicas from 1982 are of better quality and are worth more than the ones on the first and third site, but I doubt that you could find a buyer that thought so. |
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Re: Xian warrior in the green cloth box
From: pinkfreud-ga on 25 Jul 2006 15:20 PDT |
My mother and stepfather visited China in the early 1980s, and they brought back replicas similar to the ones you describe. These are souvenir items that are mass-produced for tourists. I doubt that they have much value to collectors, since they are neither rare nor ancient. |
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Re: Xian warrior in the green cloth box
From: ismyle-ga on 30 Jul 2006 20:55 PDT |
As a Chinese, I have been in Xi'an once in 1990 and of course I bought a set of terra cotta including 4 4" warriors and a horse at the price of 10 RMB. According to your description, I think the factory cost of your collection is less than 100 RMB in all for terra cotta warrior is not hard to produce with modern technique, and its roughness can be explained as loyalty to the original. |
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