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Donor and Monks

HADB 324Inv. MK 55, KM 62.3.34, NKM 04.3.101Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānHistoriated sceneStuccoModelling
Historiated scene in Stucco: Donor and Monks, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān72

Description

A fragment of a modelling depicting a donor and two monks. The donor is a middle-aged man with short curly hair and a moustache. He is dressed in a garment that covers him completely, complemented with a shawl thrown over his shoulder. The monks accompanying him are shaven, the one in the foreground wearing a saṃghāṭi. The facial features are idealised, round faces with full cheeks and elongated earlobes.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Historiated scene

Site

Tapa Kalān - 72

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 55, KM 62.3.34, NKM 04.3.101

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Part of the themed route