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Head of Bodhisattva

HADB 70Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Bodhisattva, Tapa-i Kafarihā, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa-i Kafarihā

Location

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Description

With a feminine grace, this Bodhisattva with a Hellenistic profile wears a tiara composed of an elaborate headband topped by a fan-shaped palmette. The hair is treated in beautiful wavy strands framing the forehead. The earlobes, which are currently broken, were deformed.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 405, K.p. Ha. 1094. 161-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 51 a-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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