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Head of Bodhisattva

HADB 81Inv. MK 45Bāgh Gaï
Bāgh GaïFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Bodhisattva, Bāgh Gaï, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Bāgh Gaï

Location

Bāgh Gaï56

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Description

The hair, treated in stylised wavy strands, frames the face and reveals the deformed earlobes. The bun is encircled by a sort of diadem composed of alternating rectangular and round beads. Above the eyebrows is the ūrṇā, figured by a stucco button. The face is idealised, soft and smiling; the full cheeks draw a round face. This Bodhisattva is reminiscent of some Central Asian works.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Bāgh Gaï - 56

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 45

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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