Head of Bodhisattva
Tapa Kalān - Figure
A row of curls frames the face of this Bodhisattva and falls on his ears with enlarged lobes; the rest of the hair appears to be straight, topped by a pleated palmette set with two pearls. The idealized face is in the Hellenistic style: straight cut of the eye, aquiline nose, hemmed mouth.
Bibliographical References :BARTHOUX Jules - 1930 - Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines - Pl. 69 e
TISSOT Francine - 2006 - Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985) - P. 408, K.p. Ha. 1108. 175