Head of Bodhisattva
HADB 116Pratès
PratèsFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Gallery (1)
Location
Pratès
Description
Fragment of a Bodhisattva head, badly damaged. The facial traits are idealised, the turban is bordered by a headband made up of two strands of tissue and set with a rectangular decoration on the front of the forehead. The broken earlobes were certainly elongated.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Pratès
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Pratès
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration