Head of Buddha

The Buddha bears two of the characteristic marks: the uṣnīṣa and the deformed earlobes, a reminder of his princely childhood. The ūrṇā is missing, perhaps it was painted. The uṣnīṣa is represented by a wavy bun, a treatment found on the rest of the hair. The curls consist of waves of high relief strands of hair, going back and forth. The profile of this head is hellenizing: the forehead is broad, the arch of the eyebrow is straight, the swollen eyelids fall on half-closed eyes. The nose is aquiline, fine, the mouth sinuous. The round chin betrays a slight goiter and the cheeks are full and round.

Conserved in the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul, this head was completely destroyed.