Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01908

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Central area, towards the right
TS01908

Other images

TS 1908
Dep. CS 6272 6273 6274 6275 6276_ridim-478

False niche
Red clay; paint: black, pink, white
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 80; W: 97 cm ca.
Late period

Wall decoration (fragmentary) preserving a parabolic false-niche decorated with a row of rosettes between two plain fillets, framed by vertical (left) and horizontal cornices decorated with the same type of rosettes; resulting spaces (left and right) with chequered grid with relief squares. White paint covered with pink and black paint alternately on the relief squares.
Related fragment: TS 1722, TS 1854.

Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 11022/10
Digital photos: -
Drawings: Inv. No. 6276