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Head of Buddha

HADB 26Inv. MK 138Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of Buddha, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa KalānA-B

Description

The hair and uṣnīṣa of the Buddha are treated in wavy furrows running from front to back. It is noticeable that the hair is diverted by a painted red ring. The eyebrows and the outline of the eyelid are outlined in the same way. It is also a circle of red paint that figures the ūrṇā, just above the eyebrows. The profile is of the Indian type.: half-closed almond-shaped eyes, small nose and square face. Although broken, the earlobes are noticeably deformed. The neck is marked by a fold.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - A-B

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 138

Traces of polychromy

Yes

Restoration

No restoration

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