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  1. Italian `baked earth'. brownish-red baked
  2. clay, usually unglazed, used in building,
  3. sculpture, and pottery. The term is
  4. specifically applied to small figures or
  5. figurines, such as those found at Tanagra.
  6. Excavations at Xian, China, have revealed
  7. life-size terracotta figures of the army of
  8. the Emperor Shi Huangdi dating from the 3rd
  9. century BC.
  10.