Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01879

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
TS01879

Other images

TS 1879
LA 11019_9_ridim
Dep. CS 6272 6273 6274 6275 6276_ridim-478

False niche (fragment of horizontal cornice?)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m4
H: 13; L: 11,5 cm
Late period

Fragment of horizontal cornice between two arches (presumably) with part of an upper balaustrade shown by chequered grid with alternating relief squares. Cornice decorated with a row ofrosettes (one of them is preserved) with double corolla with five carinated petals (in each layer) between two plain fillets.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 11019/ 9
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: Inv. No. 6274