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Head of a young donor

HADB 315Tapa-i Kafarihā
Tapa-i KafarihāFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of a young 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 head of a donor with an idealized profile has a soft and smiling expression. Very damaged, he wears a circular or semi-circular ornament on his forehead, decorated in its center by a rosette. The state of preservation of the work makes it difficult to determine whether this ornament itself was part of a tiara or whether it was placed directly on the hair.

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

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