Head of Buddha

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa-i Kafarihā1
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
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