Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01539
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 37
Near the main cultic image, front left corner
TS01539

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TS 1539

Lotus
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 9; W: 12,5 cm
Late period

Open lotus with upturned petals. Traces left by disappeared (wooden) tenons visible on the back.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 11454/8
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”