The Qinling Museum released the latest research results of the Hundred Opera Figures Pit No. 4 and No. 28 in the Qinling Mausoleum

The Mausoleum Museum of Qin Shihuang released fresh research on burial pit K9901—the so-called Hundred Opera figures pits—tightening how we read performance and tomb spectacle.

New work on pits 4 and 28 adds detail to costume, pose, and workshop practice beside the better-known terracotta army narrative.

mainly octagonal star patterns, geometric patterns and cloud patterns, in white, black, yellow and purple. The researchers analyzed that the bubble nail figurines clothing is most likely to be a silk fabric. The Qinling Museum and the China National Silk Museum have carried out the textile restoration work of the painted patterns of the bubble nail figurines, showing the basic original appearance of the bubble nail figurines in a relatively complete manner.
The pottery figurine No. 28 is different from the pottery figurine unearthed in the Qin Mausoleum. It is in a supine position. The protection and restoration work is very difficult. It took researchers nine months to complete the restoration. The Qinling Museum also used high-precision surface 3D scanning and texture photography technology to construct a high-precision model of the surface and geometry of the No. 28 figurine. Researchers and the public can understand the posture and details of the No. 28 figurine by browsing the 3D model.
The researchers also found three consecutive fingerprints on the painted surface of the abdomen of the Baixi figurine No. 28. After research, they found that the characteristics of these three fingerprints were highly similar to those of teenagers. It was inferred that the craftsman who left fingerprints on the figurine No. 28 was a teenager. Very likely.