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The Haḍḍa School of Art: Iconographic Markers

The warrior

78 works

The most numerous figure in the database. The records describe moustached men with shaven chins, wearing caps, rigid bonnets (sometimes fitted with a chinstrap) or turbans with frontal clasps adorned with a tuft, with rings in their ears; impassioned or tormented faces whose “Western influence” several descriptions underline.

The distinguishing marks

Each mark points to real records that describe it.

Three works to learn to look

This moustached warrior with a shaved chin wears a kind of toque. The lobes of his ears are deformed and have thick, round rings. The facial features, with frowning eyebrows, upward gaze and parted lips, give the figure an emphatic expression, marked by Western influence.

This warrior is wearing a turban with a disc-shaped front clasp. At the back, this cap is decorated with a puff. His hair is treated in beautiful stylised curls, round on the forehead and in the form of rolls around the ears. The earlobes are elongated. He has a moustache and a shaved chin. The tormented features bear the mark of Western influence.

This warrior has a thin moustache, a shaved chin and appears to be smiling. His hair is short and straight, forming a point on the forehead, leaving the temples bald. The features are marked by Western influence. The face is that of a middle-aged man, marked by wrinkles, which give the portrait its character. The earlobes are deformed.

Not to be confused with

All identified works

Tapa Kalān26 works

Tapa-i Kafarihā25 works

Bāgh Gaï20 works

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This figure in the tours

Guided tours of the database include several works of this figure.

In the identification key

The observation paths that lead to this figure in the questionnaire. Each path can be replayed.

  1. Grimacing or unsettlingWearing a bonnet or cap, with a groomed moustache
  2. Realistic, like a portraitMoustache, shaven chinCap, rigid bonnet, or clasped turban adorned with a tuft
  3. Realistic, like a portraitMoustache, shaven chinShort hair, no headgear
  4. The face is missing, I mainly see the bodyCuirass, weapons, military dress