Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS00907
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17, (4)a
TS00907

False niche (fragment of frame)
Red clay; brown paint
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
L: 30 ca.; W: 8 cm
Late period

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

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 6729/ 7
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”