Head of Bodhisattva
HADB 73Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa Kalān
Description
This Bodhisattva with short hair is wearing a turban decorated with a palmette whose folds are stylised. His face is of the Indian type, idealised, soft and smiling. His ears have deformed lobes.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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