Skip to main content

Head of Buddha

HADB 17Inv. MG 26638Gār-Naô
Gār-NaôFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Buddha, Gār-Naô, Hadda
Click to enlarge

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

Gallery (2)
Gār-Naô

Location

Gār-Naô

Description

The hair, stylised, is treated in rows of tight, rounded half-curls, parallel to the forehead and in relief. The uṣnīṣa bun is slightly bouffant. The ūrṇā was inlaid just above the eyebrows. The profile is rather of the Indian style. The eyelid is swollen over an elongated eye, the nose is very broad and large. The mouth is thin, with the corners of the mouth raised by a smile.

1928 / today

Head of Buddha
Head of Buddha
1928Today

Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 26.3cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Gār-Naô

Conservation location

Guimet Museum

Museum inventory No.

MG 26638

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Learn to recognise this figure

Part of the themed route