Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01894
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
TS01894

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R 11023_1_num
TS 1894

False niche (fragment of cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 7; L: 21,5 cm
Late period

Fragment of straight cornice of parabolic false-niche, ideally stretching just below the throne of the figure (into the arch span), decorated with a row of rosettes (six of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets.
Related fragments: TS 877 and TS 1711.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 11023/ 1; 11021/ 2
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
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