Head of Buddha
HADB 41Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling

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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum
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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
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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