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Head of Buddha

HADB 35Tapa 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 Kalān132

Description

The uṣnīṣa bun as well as the hair are figured by wavy strands. The ūrṇā on the forehead cannot be distinguished. The almond-shaped eyes are half closed. The nose is small, straight and pointed, the thin, hemmed mouth sketches a slight smile. There seems to be a circle engraved under the nose. The face is very round, and hints at a slight double chin. The earlobes are widely distorted.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 132

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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