Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01739
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17, close to TS 579 and TS 1738
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17, close to TS 579 and TS 1738
Other images
False niche (fragment of arches and horizontal cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m4
H: 34; W: 45 cm
Late period
Wall decoration preserving part of the arch of two trefoil false-niches connected by a horizontal cornice, decorated with a row of rosettes (eight of them are preserved) with double corolla (five carinated petals in each layer) between two plain fillets.
Related fragments: TS 579 (Buddha), TS 1738 (cornice).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Related fragments: TS 579 (Buddha), TS 1738 (cornice).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 10406/ 6-7; 11021/ 3-4
Digital photos: -
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274
Digital photos: -
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274