Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01854
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
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Wall decoration; chequered grid
Red clay; paint: pink, white
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 47; W: 33 cm ca.
Late period
Wall decoration (fragment) preserving part of the arch of a false niche (fillets); on the left, vertical and horizontal frames decorated with a row of rosettes between two plain fillets; resulting space decorated with chequered grid with relief squares. White paint overpainted with pink paint on the relief squares.
Related fragment: TS 1722, TS 1908.
Kabul National Museum
Related fragment: TS 1722, TS 1908.
Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 10459/ 7
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