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Head of Buddha

HADB 18Inv. MK 528 - KM 62.3.8 - NKM 0.3.79Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Buddha, Tapa-i Kafarihā, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa-i Kafarihā

Location

Tapa-i Kafarihā1

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Description

The skull is slightly brachycephalic, so the eyes seem to be set wide apart. The now torn ūrṇā was placed high on the forehead. The hair strands are treated in waves parallel to the forehead. The uṣnīṣa, treated in the same way seems girded. The profile is Hellenistic: straight arch of the eyebrow, aquiline nose. His hemmed mouth is animated by a slight smile and his earlobes are widely distended.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 31cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā - 1

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 528 - KM 62.3.8 - NKM 0.3.79

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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