Head of Buddha
HADB 13Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa Kalān68
Description
The hair is stylized, the undulation is rendered by a set of hollowed out wavy furrows. The type is of Hellenistic inspiration while the face is very round, chubby, in the Indian style. The earlobes are deformed. There is no trace of the ūrṇā.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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