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The Art of Schist at Haḍḍa
Haḍḍa is mainly known for its modelled stucco sculptures, but the site also yielded works in schist. This path gathers the twenty-one schist pieces in the corpus: narrative reliefs, isolated figures and carved panels. These works, from Tapa Kalān, Bāgh Gaï and pieces with lost provenance, attest to a stone production that coexisted with the stucco tradition.
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Interpretation of the Dream
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Interpretation of the Dream. Schist relief from Haḍḍa (lost provenance). Narrative scene depicting the dream interpretation.
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Seven Steps of Siddhārtha
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Seven Steps of Siddhārtha. Schist relief showing the seven steps of the prince after his birth.
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Return to Kapilavastu
Tapa Kalān · Schist
Return to Kapilavastu. Schist relief from Tapa Kalān, depicting the Buddha's return to his native city.
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Return to Kapilavastu
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Return to Kapilavastu. Second schist version of this scene, with lost provenance.
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Presentation to the Gods (?)
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Presentation to the Gods (?). Schist relief whose subject remains hypothetical.
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Siddhārtha and Kanthaka
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Siddhārtha and Kanthaka. Schist relief showing the prince with his horse.
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Contest of strength
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Contest of strength. Schist relief depicting a contest of strength.
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Fencing Contest
Bāgh Gaï · Schist
Fencing contest from Bāgh Gaï. Schist relief depicting a fencing contest, a rare testimony of this theme.
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Unidentified scene
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Unidentified scene. Schist relief from Haḍḍa whose scene has not been formally identified.
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Women's Palace Guard
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Guard of the Gynaeceum. Schist relief depicting a guard of the royal gynaeceum.
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Women's Palace Guard
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Guard of the Gynaeceum. Second schist example of this guard figure.
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Women's Palace Musician and Guard
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Musician and guard of the gynaeceum. Schist relief showing a musician alongside a guard.
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Women's Palace Guard
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Guard of the Gynaeceum. Third schist example of this theme, with lost provenance.
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Women's Palace Guard
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Guard of the Gynaeceum. Fourth example, attesting to the popularity of this theme in the schist corpus.
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Great Departure
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
The Great Departure. One of the most remarkable schist reliefs in the corpus, illustrating Siddhārtha's departure.
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Great Departure (?)
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
The Great Departure (?). Second possible representation of the Great Departure, in schist.
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Great Departure (?)
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
The Great Departure (?). Third possible example of the same scene, with lost provenance.
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Dīpaṁkara Jātaka
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Dīpaṁkara Jātaka. Schist relief depicting the famous narrative of Buddha Dīpaṁkara.
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Dīpaṁkara Jātaka
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Dīpaṁkara Jātaka. Second schist version of the same narrative.
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Abandonment of the Princely Clothes
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Abandonment of the Princely Clothes. Schist relief showing Siddhārtha renouncing his princely garments.
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Vajrapāṇi
Haḍḍa, lost location · Schist
Vajrapāṇi. This schist sculpture from Haḍḍa (lost provenance) represents Vajrapāṇi, the protector of the Buddha.