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Women's Palace Musician and Guard

HADB 452Inv. MG 17171Haḍḍa, lost location
Haḍḍa, lost locationHistoriated bas-reliefSchistSculpture
Historiated bas-relief in Schist: Women's Palace Musician and Guard, Haḍḍa, lost location, Hadda
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Haḍḍa, lost location

Location

Haḍḍa, lost location

Description

This is the lower left part of a relief depicting a woman sleeping on a stool or tambourine, leaning against a column of the gynaecaeum. An incomplete figure stands behind her with his hand on her chest. This may be Chandaka, who has come to fetch his master, or it may be another woman who is asleep.

Observations

The schist reliefs discovered by Barthoux between 1926 and 1928 are mostly from the vicinity of the Great Stūpa K1 of Tapa-i Kafarihā, the south-western part of the main stūpa B12 of Bāgh Gaï (around B13) and the Great Stūpa TK140 of Tapa Kalān.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 15cm

Technique

Sculpture

Material

Schist

Object type

Historiated bas-relief

Site

Haḍḍa, lost location

Conservation location

Guimet Museum

Museum inventory No.

MG 17171

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Part of the themed route