Head of Buddha
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān68
Description
The skull is slightly brachycephalic. The uṣnīṣa has disappeared. The undulations of the hair consist of very regular wavy strands running from front to back. The ūrṇā has been torn off, it was an inlay. The eyes are almost closed, the nose aquiline, the mouth thin. 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 - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG17273
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 68
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG17273
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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