Head of Buddha
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān
Description
The strands of the hair and the uṣnīṣa bun are treated in wavy furrows. There is no trace of the ūrṇā. The face of the Buddha , thin and oval, is hellenizing: straight arch, bulging eyes, high cheekbones, thin mouth. The earlobes are deformed.
1928 / today
Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17245
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17245
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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