Buddhist Ghazni: Body ornament
Inv. no. TS01889
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Towards the left-hand passageway
TS01889

Hair ornament / headwear
Red clay
Relief; decorative plaques worked separately then fixed to the headwear
Max: 14 cm
Late period

Probable hair ornaments of the main statue (no.17) composed of a group of round plaques with point at centre, round a central incised motif.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 11021/ 5
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”