Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01711
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
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False niche (fragments of arch and cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 61 cm
Late period
Arch and horizontal cornice on the left (fragmentary) of parabolic false-niche (left side) decorated with a row of rosettes (twenty-four of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets. A portion of a flag (pataka) survives on top.
Related fragments: TS 877, TS 1894.
Related fragments: TS 877, TS 1894.
Neg. no.: 10402/ 1-2; 11023/ 1
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