Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01896
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
Other images
False niche (fragment of arch and cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 22,5; W: 23 cm
Late period
Fragment of arch of trefoil false-niche, including the end of a horizontal cornice on the left, decorated with a row of rosettes (eight of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 11023/ 2
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -