Head of Buddha
HADB 20Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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Location
Tapa KalānB
Description
The hair and the uṣnīṣa bun are treated in wavy strands running from front to back. There is no trace of the ūrṇā. The face is in the Hellenistic style: aquiline nose, thin lips, smile-marked corners, prognathic chin. The earlobes, once distended, are broken. Idealized, the figure is round; the neck is marked by a fold.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - B
Conservation location
unknown
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - B
Conservation location
unknown
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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