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Head of Buddha

HADB 41Tapa 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 Kalān122

Description

The Buddha's facies is of Asian inspiration. The locks are stylized in furrows dug from front to back. The broken uṣnīṣa reveals the thickness of the last layer of stucco. The ūrṇā is placed just above the nose, at the junction of the eyebrows. The face is square, with almond-shaped eyes, a blunt nose and a smiling hemmed mouth. The earlobes are deformed.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 122

Conservation location

unknown

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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