Head of Buddha
Tapa-i Kafarihā - Figure
The skull is slightly brachycephalic, so the eyes seem to be set wide apart. The now torn ūrṇā was placed high on the forehead. The hair strands are treated in waves parallel to the forehead. The uṣnīṣa, treated in the same way seems girded. The profile is Hellenistic: straight arch of the eyebrow, aquiline nose. His hemmed mouth is animated by a slight smile and his earlobes are widely distended.
Bibliographical References :BARTHOUX Jules - 1930 - Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines - Pl. 10 a et b
TISSOT Francine - 2006 - Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985) - P. 385, K.p. Ha. 1020.87
