Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01808
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Central area of the chapel, on the floor
TS01808

False niche (fragment of cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 10,5; L: 15 cm
Late period

End of a cornice (fragment) decorated with a row of rosettes (three of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets, with ring-like elements (concave round elements) in the resulting spaces.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
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