Buddhist Ghazni: Architectural element/miniature
Inv. no. TS01695
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
East side of pradaksinapatha (presumably)
TS01695

Other images

LA 10417_7_ridim
LA 10417_8_ridim
TS 1695

Decorated pear-shaped element
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon)
In the round; completed by engraving
H: 18; diam.: 12 cm
Late period

Pear-shaped element decorated with opposite lotus with incised petals, separated by double groove. Probable cavity left by a disappeared wooden tenon visible on each side.
The fragment could relate to a column or pinnacle.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 10417/ 6-8
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”