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Head of Bodhisattva

HADB 116Pratès
PratèsFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Bodhisattva, Pratès, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Pratès

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

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 403, K.p. Ha. 1089. 156-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 81 f-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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