Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS00897
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
TS00897

False niche (fragment of arch)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
L: 35; W: 8 cm
Late period

Fragment of arch (slightly curvilinear) of parabolic false-niche decorated with a row of rosettes (eight of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 6737/ 3
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”