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Head of a young Donor

HADB 343Inv. MK 28Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Head of a young Donor, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān25

Description

This childlike figure has short, wavy hair, styled on either side of a parting. The eyes are wide open. It is a young donor, chubby and smiling.

Observations

The eyes were blue, coloured with lapis lazuli according to Barthoux.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 25

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 28

Traces of polychromy

Yes

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 434, K.p. Ha. 1204.271-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 86 a-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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