Head of Buddha
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Haḍḍa, lost location62
Description
The facial lines are classically influenced. The eyes are slightly bulging, the nose broad, the lips thin; the face is always round. The hair is treated in wavy waves figured by furrows. The uṣnīṣa bun is placed high on top of the skull. The distended lobe is almost as large as the rest of the ear. There is no trace of the ūrṇā.
1928 / today
Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 30cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Haḍḍa, lost location - 62
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17272
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 30cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Haḍḍa, lost location - 62
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17272
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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