Women's Palace Guard
©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Haḍḍa, lost location
Description
The relief fragment depicts a soldier standing next to a lit pyre in front of a wall. He is dressed in a short tunic, his sword is hanging from his belt and he is leaning on a turbaned spear.
Observations
This character could be Pançika-Kubera, commonly represented as the guardian of the Buddha and whose spear is one of the attributes.
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: 23.5cm × L: 10cm
Technique
Sculpture
Material
Schist
Object type
Historiated bas-relief
Site
Haḍḍa, lost location
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 26 / MK 50 ?
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 23.5cm × L: 10cm
Technique
Sculpture
Material
Schist
Object type
Historiated bas-relief
Site
Haḍḍa, lost location
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 26 / MK 50 ?
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic References
Part of the themed route