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Head of a donor

HADB 309Inv. MK 110Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of a donor, 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 donor with idealized traits, eyes half closed, smiles slightly. The hair falls in curls around the face, apart from a large lock rejected on the forehead.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 68

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 110

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 434, K.p. Ha. 1205.272-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 89 g-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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