Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01092
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Front area of the chapel (débris of the left-hand wall decoration)
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Front area of the chapel (débris of the left-hand wall decoration)
Other images
Figured frieze (fragment)
Red clay
Relief; scrolls obtained from mould
H: 88; W: 65 cm
Late period
Wall decoration preserving the space between two trefoil false-niches, inhabited by two devas with joined hands, sitting on a balaustrade shown by chequered grid with alternating relief squares. False-niches decorated with running scroll, with cornice supported by pilasters, resting on a frieze showing birds flying to right.
Kabul National Museum
Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 1312/ 8,7,9; 1303/ 1,2
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: Inv. No. 6272
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: Inv. No. 6272