Head of Bodhisattva

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān67 ? 68 - 72 ?
Description
The hairstyle is decorated with a headband closed by a rectangular element. The face is framed by a row of round curls, folded over themselves in a spiral. On the bun, the undulation is represented by parallel furrows. The idealized face is round and smiling. The ears are deformed and have earrings. A fold marks the neck.
Observations
This head has been recorded twice in Barthoux's work, as fig. 70 a and 71 b. The photographs are presented from a different angle, but a close examination of the facial features and hair details, as well as the break in the right ear and the break in the left earring, leaves no doubt. This Bodhisattva thus has two provenances: TK 67 and TK 68-72.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 67 ? 68 - 72 ?
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 70, KM 63.3.432, NKM 04.3.29
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 67 ? 68 - 72 ?
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 70, KM 63.3.432, NKM 04.3.29
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic References
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