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Bust of Skeleton

HADB 184Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Skeleton, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān68

Description

As part of the threatening demon cohorts of Māra's army, this skeleton personifies death. The artist has taken care to represent the details of the anatomy. The rounded skull is hollowed out by round orbits, without arches. The nose, jaw and teeth are represented in a fantasy way, especially when compared to the rigour with which the modeler has represented the clavicles, ribs and vertebrae.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 10.5cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

Guimet Museum

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration