Buddhist Ghazni: Architectural element/miniature
Inv. no. TS01878

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
TS01878

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TS 1878

Pilaster
Red clay; black paint
Relief; completed by engraving
H: 10,5; W: 10 cm
Late period

Pilaster (supporting a niche frame) with base and capital with plain fillet. Shaft with complete flute incised, originally having bottom and top ends curved inwards, obtained by adding semicircular zones in relief at the top and bottom. Black paint on flute.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 11019/ 8
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -