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Head of Buddha

HADB 36Tapa 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 Kalān

Description

The face, of Indian inspiration, is round and childlike. The hair and the bun are treated in wavy furrows. The usual characteristics are present: half-closed eyes, a slight smile, very long deformed ears and a fold on the neck.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 395, K.p. Ha. 1055.122-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 6 a-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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