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Bust of Warrior

HADB 406Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Warrior, 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 hair of this warrior falls in big curls on his shoulders. Young, with a short, drooping moustache, his face is idealized. He wears heavy disc-shaped earrings. The soldier appears to be bare-chested, with a strap hanging from his shoulder and a wide belt holding a sword, his left hand is at the height of the scabbard, hanging from the belt. The upper cornice of the architrave that this figure in a Atlas-like position was pretending to support is still visible.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 12.8cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

unknown

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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