Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01712
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Other images
False niche (fragment of arch and pilaster)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 31; W: 13,5 cm
Late period
Fragment of false-niche (right side) supported by pilaster (shaft with flute) surmounted by a fillet decorated with a row of dentils. Arch decorated with a row of rosettes (three of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 10410/ 7-8
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: Inv. No. 6275
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: Inv. No. 6275