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The Haḍḍa School of Art: Iconographic Markers

The deity

11 works · + 44 debated

The gods of the Gandhāran pantheon as the records describe them. Indra wears the tall goldsmith's tiara called mukuṭa: bands set with cabochons, semi-circular arches, crowns sometimes topped by a crescent of Iranian inspiration; the face is fine, idealised and smiling, the earlobes distended by heavy pearls. Vajrapāṇi, the Buddha's protector holding the vajra, borrows his features from Bacchus or the silenoi, down to the Phrygian cap. As for the god Brahma, the artists, following the texts, gave him the same appearance as his mortal devotees, the brahmans: the database leaves these heads open.

The distinguishing marks

Each mark points to real records that describe it.

  • Tall goldsmith's tiara (mukuṭa): bands with cabochons, semi-circular arches

    See in the database: HADB 125, HADB 126, HADB 131

  • Crown or diadem topped by a crescent, of Iranian or Central Asian inspiration

    See in the database: HADB 127, HADB 128

  • Fine, idealised, smiling face, distended earlobes

    See in the database: HADB 125, HADB 128, HADB 131

  • The vajra held or brandished, attribute of Vajrapāṇi

    See in the database: HADB 148, HADB 150, HADB 474

Three works to learn to look

خدای ایندرا تاج طلایی بلندی به نام موکوتا بر سر دارد که اینجا از نواری با دو سنگ کابوشون مرکزی تشکیل شده، با کمان‌های نیم‌دایره‌ای در بالا که احتمالاً حامل نقشی هستند.

این سر ایندرا نشانه‌های الهام از آسیای مرکزی دارد. آرایش سر پیچیده، متشکل از تاجی با دو مارپیچ پیچیده در بالا، هلال ایرانی، احتمالاً هفتالی، را نشان می‌دهد.

واجراپانی دستاری بر سر دارد که پشت سر گره خورده و لبه آن با مدالیون دایره‌ای تزیین شده است. موها بسیار ساده نشان داده شده‌اند، مانند چهره که کاملاً ایده‌آل است.

Not to be confused with

Debated identifications

The database itself leaves these records open: their titles hesitate between several figures. They are part of the lesson: identifying means weighing clues.

This figure in the tours

Guided tours of the database include several works of this figure.