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HaḍḍaDB

Head of Buddha

HADB 38Inv. MK 149, KM 63.3.436, NKM 04.3.64.Tapa 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 Buddha bears the characteristic marks: the uṣnīṣa and the deformed earlobes, as well as the ūrṇā figured by a small stucco button above the eyebrows. The hair waves are stylised, figured by furrows dug parallel to the forehead. The arch of the eyebrow is straight, the eye elongated, the face round.

Characteristics

Dimensions

H: 33cm

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 149, KM 63.3.436, NKM 04.3.64.

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 386, K.p. Ha. 1026.93-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 2-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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