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Head of Buddha

HADB 8Tapa 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 Kalān68

Description

This very eroded Buddha's head is slightly brachycephalic. It looks like the ūrṇā in the center of the forehead has been ripped off. The strands of hair are represented by wavy grooves that have been hollowed out.The face presents characteristics of various origins: the straight cut of the eye and the small thin mouth are hellenizing, the eyebrow arches not very marked and the wide nose is more reminiscent of Indian artistic canons. The face is round, and the earlobes were probably deformed.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

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