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Bust of Musician

HADB 435Inv. MK 236 ?Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Musician, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān68

Description

The upper face and hands of this musician inspired by Western art are broken. The figure with the round, childlike face had curly hair. Bare-chested and full, his cheeks puff out as he blows into a conch shell held in both hands.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 236 ?

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 459, K.p. Ha. 1298.365-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 107 b-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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