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Seil Miniatures
Qin Shihuangdi, 256-210BC
200mm White metal & resin head
Sculpted by Zhou Chun Mei
Painted by Kim Man Jin
8 parts total + 900mm of string beads for Ceremonial Crown
Seil Miniatures
Qin Shihuangdi, 256-210BC
200mm White metal & resin head
Sculpted by Zhou Chun Mei
Painted by Kim Man Jin
8 parts total + 900mm of string beads for Ceremonial Crown
Historical Note:
The King who put an end to Warring States Period and found Qin Empire which was the first unified China to be ruled by centralized authoritarian rule. His surname is Ying([FONT="]嬴[/FONT]) and the name is Zheng([FONT="]政[/FONT]). Qin Shihuangdi is also called Qin Shihuang or Shihuangdi for short. He who ascended the throne of Qin at 13 years old(246 B.C), destroyed and annexed the strong States of Han([FONT="]韓[/FONT]), Wey([FONT="]魏[/FONT]), Chu([FONT="]楚[/FONT]), Yen([FONT="]燕[/FONT]), Chao([FONT="]趙[/FONT]), Chi([FONT="]齊[/FONT]) in order from 230 B.C to 221 B.C., which had been six powerful states at that time, and unified China by military power first time in chines history. After the unity of China, he used the title 'Huangdi'(meaning of August or Emperor) first time by himself, in order to display that he was the higher ruler than previous or general kings, extracting each titles from 'Three Huangs' and 'Five Dis' who were eight merciful and greatly venerated kings appearing in the chinese ancient legendary history. Further he had the title the first Huangdi-namely Shihuangdi(Shi means 'the first' in chinese), and wanted that next Huangdis were called with the title, second Huangdi, third Huangdi.... and to succeed for Huangdi of all ages of come.
Also, after the unity of China, he constructed the Great Wall(distance in straight line 2,700km, real total length : about 5,000km) rebuilding the walls of warring states on a large scale and connecting them, and also constructed the enormous palace for himself and the extremely luxurious Tomb for life beyond the grave. But such a large scale works gave rise to squandering of the national power and many reactions like alienation of popular chord from the excessive compulsory-labors of many peoples. Beside, emphasizing excessively own's absolute authority, he displayed oppressive power through the extreme actions like Books Burning(the event to order most previously existing books burned, excepting some medical and agricultural texts held in the palace archives) and Burying(the event to bury more than 460 Confucian scholars alive) against opposed influences to him, and further the merciless coercion against the occupied nations roused the antipathy of nobility and commoner of there, and finally raised many rebellions after his death, Furthermore, due to the inability of Huhai(210~207B.C) who was the Second Huangdi(Emperor) and the corruption of government officials like Li Si(?~208 B.C) and eunuch Zhao Gao(?~207 B.C), Qin Empire finally marked the end at the time of Third Huangdi, Ziying.(207 B.C)
* For reference, the nation's color of Qin Dynasty was black, and also we add a remark the cloth of the above figure is a cloth for august ceremonial, not for normal time.
* One more interesting episode : Shihuangdi was interested in immortality and visited the Zhifu Island. His such deeds became a popular story of him sending a Zhifu islander as the religious leader of ships with hundreds of young men and women in search of the pill of immortality. These people never returned, and the myth said they settled down in one of the Japanese islands.
The King who put an end to Warring States Period and found Qin Empire which was the first unified China to be ruled by centralized authoritarian rule. His surname is Ying([FONT="]嬴[/FONT]) and the name is Zheng([FONT="]政[/FONT]). Qin Shihuangdi is also called Qin Shihuang or Shihuangdi for short. He who ascended the throne of Qin at 13 years old(246 B.C), destroyed and annexed the strong States of Han([FONT="]韓[/FONT]), Wey([FONT="]魏[/FONT]), Chu([FONT="]楚[/FONT]), Yen([FONT="]燕[/FONT]), Chao([FONT="]趙[/FONT]), Chi([FONT="]齊[/FONT]) in order from 230 B.C to 221 B.C., which had been six powerful states at that time, and unified China by military power first time in chines history. After the unity of China, he used the title 'Huangdi'(meaning of August or Emperor) first time by himself, in order to display that he was the higher ruler than previous or general kings, extracting each titles from 'Three Huangs' and 'Five Dis' who were eight merciful and greatly venerated kings appearing in the chinese ancient legendary history. Further he had the title the first Huangdi-namely Shihuangdi(Shi means 'the first' in chinese), and wanted that next Huangdis were called with the title, second Huangdi, third Huangdi.... and to succeed for Huangdi of all ages of come.
Also, after the unity of China, he constructed the Great Wall(distance in straight line 2,700km, real total length : about 5,000km) rebuilding the walls of warring states on a large scale and connecting them, and also constructed the enormous palace for himself and the extremely luxurious Tomb for life beyond the grave. But such a large scale works gave rise to squandering of the national power and many reactions like alienation of popular chord from the excessive compulsory-labors of many peoples. Beside, emphasizing excessively own's absolute authority, he displayed oppressive power through the extreme actions like Books Burning(the event to order most previously existing books burned, excepting some medical and agricultural texts held in the palace archives) and Burying(the event to bury more than 460 Confucian scholars alive) against opposed influences to him, and further the merciless coercion against the occupied nations roused the antipathy of nobility and commoner of there, and finally raised many rebellions after his death, Furthermore, due to the inability of Huhai(210~207B.C) who was the Second Huangdi(Emperor) and the corruption of government officials like Li Si(?~208 B.C) and eunuch Zhao Gao(?~207 B.C), Qin Empire finally marked the end at the time of Third Huangdi, Ziying.(207 B.C)
* For reference, the nation's color of Qin Dynasty was black, and also we add a remark the cloth of the above figure is a cloth for august ceremonial, not for normal time.
* One more interesting episode : Shihuangdi was interested in immortality and visited the Zhifu Island. His such deeds became a popular story of him sending a Zhifu islander as the religious leader of ships with hundreds of young men and women in search of the pill of immortality. These people never returned, and the myth said they settled down in one of the Japanese islands.
This amazing bust comes with white metal parts and a resin head with the additional part of a string of small beads for the crown. Also included is an etched brass plaque for the front of a wooden base. The kit is packed in Seil's standard heavy black cardboard box with the sleeve as a color guide as well as 2 color photos for additional information for the painter.
The above head is cast in resin and as you can see, Zhou has achieved a perfect likeness to a Chinese Emperor. The side views show the attention to detail sculpted into the crown.
Below we have the front portion of the bust. This bust has a front, back and 2 sides to mount to the pedestal.
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