Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01549

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 37
Near left-hand passage
TS01549

Other images

1549
TS 1549

Lotus throne
Red clay
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 10; L: 30,5 ; W: 19 cm
Late period

Throne in the shape of open lotus with reverse petals, presumably of a bodhisattva.
Probable related fragments: TS 1544 (leg), TS 2028 (torso).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 12047/12; 12857/1
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -