PIMCO sponsors Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit in California

Since it was first discovered in 1974 in Xian, China, the Terra Cotta Army has become known as the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World. The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who reigned from 221 to 210 B.C., commissioned 8,000 clay figures, each one unique, to protect him in the afterlife. The statues were found in the Emperor’s vast mausoleum complex and are considered by many to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent history.

An exhibit of twenty Terra Cotta Warriors has just opened at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, California; the first of a series scheduled in America. The impressive figures will be on display until October 12, 2008. The PIMCO Foundation has provided the Bowers Museum with a 100,000 US dollar sponsorship, enabling the museum to extend its opening hours and allow free entry to 400 guests each week.

"Given the historical importance of this exhibition, we believe it is essential that all those who want to see the Terra Cotta Warriors have the opportunity to do so," says Mark Porterfield, board member of the PIMCO Foundation. "It is an honor for PIMCO to be involved in an event of such historical and cultural significance."
 
After October, the exhibit will move to the High Museum in Atlanta, followed by the Museum of Natural Science in Houston and finally, the National Geographic Society Museum in Washington, D.C.


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