Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01879
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
Other images
False niche (fragment of horizontal cornice?)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m4
H: 13; L: 11,5 cm
Late period
Fragment of horizontal cornice between two arches (presumably) with part of an upper balaustrade shown by chequered grid with alternating relief squares. Cornice decorated with a row ofrosettes (one of them is preserved) with double corolla with five carinated petals (in each layer) between two plain fillets.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 11019/ 9
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274