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Head of Buddha

HADB 15Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Buddha, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

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

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 390, K.p. Ha. 1039.106-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 12 b-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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