Head of Buddha

Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
Location
Tapa Kalān132
Description
Despite deterioration due to the removal of the ūrṇā and breaks in the nose and uṣnīṣa, this Buddha head is quite well preserved. The hair strands are treated in waves framing the forehead. The profile is of Hellenistic inspiration: the right arch section, the bulging eye, the sinuous mouth; the roundness of the face, on the other hand, is in the Indian tradition. The earlobes, also broken, must have been distended.
1928 / today


Excavation photograph by Jules Barthoux (1928) juxtaposed with a recent photograph by Alexandra Vanleene.
Characteristics
Dimensions
H: 22.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 132
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17274
Traces of polychromy
Yes
Restoration
No restoration
Dimensions
H: 22.5cm
Technique
Modelling
Material
Stucco
Object type
Figure
Site
Tapa Kalān - 132
Conservation location
Guimet Museum
Museum inventory No.
MG 17274
Traces of polychromy
Yes
Restoration
No restoration
Bibliographic Reference
Part of the themed route