Secondary Deity playing a musical instrument

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān68
Description
Medallion from a capital representing a bust of a female musician. The figure stands out against a background of plant motifs. Her head is surrounded by a nimbus decorated with incisions. The face is idealised, smiling, round, with wide open eyes. She seems to be wearing earrings. She plays a stringed instrument, a kind of santoor. It seems to be made of a piece of wood, decorated with incisions, where strings are stretched, fixed and tightened by rivets.
Characteristics
Technique
Sculpture
Material
Limestone
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Sculpture
Material
Limestone
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic References
Part of the themed route