Head of Buddha
HADB 15Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa Kalān142
Description
The uṣnīṣa is placed very high on the forehead. The hair is treated in wavy strands figured by deep grooves, running from front to back. The Buddha's lines are classical: marked arch, straight cut of the eye, aquiline nose, thin mouth, prognathic chin. The ears are broken, but must have been deformed.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 142
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 142
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic References
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