Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01739

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17, close to TS 579 and TS 1738
TS01739

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TS 1739
Dep. CS 6272 6273 6274 6275 6276_ridim-478

False niche (fragment of arches and horizontal cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m4
H: 34; W: 45 cm
Late period

Wall decoration preserving part of the arch of two trefoil false-niches connected by a horizontal cornice, decorated with a row of rosettes (eight of them are preserved) with double corolla (five carinated petals in each layer) between two plain fillets.
Related fragments: TS 579 (Buddha), TS 1738 (cornice).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 10406/ 6-7; 11021/ 3-4
Digital photos: -
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274