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Head of an elderly donor

HADB 322Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of an elderly donor, Tapa-i Kafarihā, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa-i Kafarihā

Location

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Description

This elderly donor is wearing a sort of fez, a high, truncated cone-shaped tiara with a wide edge. The bearded and mustached face is inspired by models of philosophers or male deities in Western art.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa-i Kafarihā

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 422, K.p. Ha. 1163.230-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 94 h-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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