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Head of Bodhisattva

HADB 90Inv. MK 70, KM 63.3.432, NKM 04.3.29Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Bodhisattva, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

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

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