Head of Buddha
Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa-i Kafarihā1
Description
This Buddha with a smiling, blissful face is Indian in style. The hair is treated in large wavy locks going from front to back. The bun uṣnīṣa appears girded. There is no trace of the ūrṇā. The face, square in shape, is neatly regular. Small almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, fleshy, smiling mouth. The earlobes, now broken, were deformed.
Characteristics
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa-i Kafarihā - 1
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 6
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa-i Kafarihā - 1
Conservation location
National Museum of Afghanistan
Museum inventory No.
MK 6
Traces of polychromy
No
Restoration
No restoration
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