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Musician

HADB 437Inv. MK 36Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānMedallionStuccoModelling
Medallion in Stucco: Musician, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān37

Description

This medallion shows a musician blowing a horn, depicted in profile. The medallion is broken and damaged. The figure seems to have voluminous hair, probably with a headdress. The face is foreign: prominent forehead and arches, wide face and neck. The garment has the sleeves rolled up over the elbows. In his right hand he holds a horn, which ends in a flared bell.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Medallion

Site

Tapa Kalān - 37

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 36

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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