Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01711
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
False niche (fragments of arch and cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 61 cm
Late period
Arch and horizontal cornice on the left (fragmentary) of parabolic false-niche (left side) decorated with a row of rosettes (twenty-four of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets. A portion of a flag (pataka) survives on top.
Related fragments: TS 877, TS 1894.
Related fragments: TS 877, TS 1894.
Neg. no.: 10402/ 1-2; 11023/ 1
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