Bajuszos férfifej

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 6314
Type: statuette
Date of production:
4th - 5th c.
Gandhara art
Place of production:
Acquisition: donation of Imre Schwaiger
Materials: stucco
Techniques: hand shaped; moulded
Dimensions: height: 17.5 cm
width: 12 cm
depth: 11 cm
Head of a middle aged or elderly man with a moustache. The hair is combed back in straight, symmetrical locks radially from the middle of the forehead. Beneath the high forehead, large, round eyes are wide open. The tip of the short, wide nose is broken off. Below the nose, the upper lip is covered with a thick moustache, decorated with vertical grooves.