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Secondary Deity playing a musical instrument

HADB 145Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureLimestoneSculpture
Figure in Limestone: Secondary Deity playing a musical instrument, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

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

Part of the themed route