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Head of Buddha

HADB 48Inv. MK 268Tapa 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 KalānJ

Description

This Indian-inspired work is full of delicacy. The face is oval, the arches not very emphasized, the line of the nose nicely irregular. As is often the case, the ears are deformed and a fold marks the neck. The hair is curly, shown in tight round curls. The uṣnīṣa has disappeared. The trace of the ūrṇā above the eyebrows can be distinguished.

Observations

It is probably this head that we find in Mme Tissot's Catalogue restored on a bust in teaching position in the Kabul Museum.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - J

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 268

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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