The Taerpo Horserider is a terracotta figurine dated to the 4th-3rd century BCE from a Qin tomb in the Taerpo cemetery (塔兒坡墓), near Xianyang in Shaanxi.

[1] Very few such figurines are known from this time, prior to the 210 BCE Terracotta Army.

[3] The outfit is of Central Asian style, probably Saka,[4] and the rider with his large nose appears to be a foreigner.

[5] Only red and white are used as colors, as most terracotta statuettes known from the Qin state period.

According to Duan Qingbo, there is a possibility that these miniature human and horse shapes were inspired by Scytho-Siberian art, as seen in objects such as the figurines of the Saka incense burners.