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The Haḍḍa School of Art: Iconographic Markers

The deity

11 works · + 44 debated

The gods of the Gandhāran pantheon as the records describe them. Indra wears the tall goldsmith's tiara called mukuṭa: bands set with cabochons, semi-circular arches, crowns sometimes topped by a crescent of Iranian inspiration; the face is fine, idealised and smiling, the earlobes distended by heavy pearls. Vajrapāṇi, the Buddha's protector holding the vajra, borrows his features from Bacchus or the silenoi, down to the Phrygian cap. As for the god Brahma, the artists, following the texts, gave him the same appearance as his mortal devotees, the brahmans: the database leaves these heads open.

The distinguishing marks

Each mark points to real records that describe it.

  • Tall goldsmith's tiara (mukuṭa): bands with cabochons, semi-circular arches

    See in the database: HADB 125, HADB 126, HADB 131

  • Crown or diadem topped by a crescent, of Iranian or Central Asian inspiration

    See in the database: HADB 127, HADB 128

  • Fine, idealised, smiling face, distended earlobes

    See in the database: HADB 125, HADB 128, HADB 131

  • The vajra held or brandished, attribute of Vajrapāṇi

    See in the database: HADB 148, HADB 150, HADB 474

Three works to learn to look

因陀罗神头戴一顶名为穆库塔的高大金饰冠冕，由饰有两颗中央凸面宝石的发带组成，上方是半圆形拱弧，很可能带有图案装饰。

Not to be confused with

All identified works

Debated identifications

The database itself leaves these records open: their titles hesitate between several figures. They are part of the lesson: identifying means weighing clues.

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