Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS00896
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
TS00896

False niche (fragment of frame)
Red clay; paint: brown, pink/red
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
L: 57; W: 8,3 cm
Late period

Fragment of frame of false-niche decorated with a row of rosettes (fifteen of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets. Brown on background, pink or red paint on fillets.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 6737/ 3
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”