Head of Buddha
Tapa Kalān - Figure
HADB N° : 20
Technique : Modelling Object Type : Figure
Material : Stucco
Site : Haḍḍa
Findspot : Tapa Kalān
Number of Findspot : B Traces of Polychromy : No Type of Restoration : No restoration
Description :
The hair and the uṣnīṣa bun are treated in wavy strands running from front to back. There is no trace of the ūrṇā. The face is in the Hellenistic style: aquiline nose, thin lips, smile-marked corners, prognathic chin. The earlobes, once distended, are broken. Idealized, the figure is round; the neck is marked by a fold.
Bibliographical References :BARTHOUX Jules - 1930 - Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines - Pl. 8
