Head of Bodhisattva
HADB 122Pratès
PratèsFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Pratès
Description
This Bodhisattva is coiffed with a headband closed at the top and decorated with a palmette, perhaps a flower. The face is idealised and framed by small curly locks that fall in a "accroche-coeur" shape.
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