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Head of god Indra or a Bodhisattva

HADB 254Inv. MK 50Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of god Indra or a Bodhisattva, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān94

Description

This character could be Indra, a Bodhisattva or a secondary deity. He is wearing a turban, the folds of which are fixed by a circular medallion in the centre of his forehead. The face is not of the local type: square face, broad features, thick lips. The serene and smiling expression is idealized. The deformed ears have small rectangular beads on the side of the lobes.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 94

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 50

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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