Donor and Monks

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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
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
Bibliographic References
Part of the themed route