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Bust of Warrior

HADB 407Inv. MG 17220Tapa 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 upper cornice of the architrave that this warrior in a Atlas-like position pretended to support is still visible. His hair cascades down his shoulders and he wears large disc-shaped earrings. The expression is vindictive: eyebrows furrowed, mouth open and teeth clenched into a ferocious smile. Shirtless, he protects himself behind a round shield and brandishes a polygonal sword, perhaps of Kushan origin. He wears a bandage or a reinforcement of leather straps for combat, between his chest and navel.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 13cm × L: 14cm × P: 7cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

Guimet Museum

Museum inventory No.

MG 17220

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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