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Bhikṣus Monks

HADB 235Pratès
PratèsHistoriated sceneStuccoModelling
Historiated scene in Stucco: Bhikṣus Monks, Pratès, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

Gallery (3)
Pratès

Location

Pratès

Description

This group consists of three standing monks, one with a missing head. One of them brings an offering of flowers on a plate. He is looking, smiling, to his right, certainly originally at the Buddha figure. One can see that his earlobes are enlarged. He is wearing the uttarāsaṅga, which leaves the right shoulder uncovered, and the folds of the antaravāsaka can be seen below. The folds of the garment suggest the advancement of the right leg by emphasizing the knee.

Two other monks stand side by side. The first, the one whose head has disappeared, joins his hands in anjalimudra while the second leans toward him and raises his right arm. Both wear the uttarāsaṅga and have their right shoulder uncovered. Their faces are idealized, round and smiling.

1928 / today

Bhikṣus Monks
Bhikṣus Monks
1928Today

Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 24.8cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Historiated scene

Site

Pratès

Conservation location

Guimet Museum

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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