Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01701
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
On the floor
Other images
Buddha / throne and cornice
Red clay; pink/red paint; inferable: wood (tenon)
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 19; L: 33; W: 7 cm
Late period
Plain throne (fragmentary) of a Buddha seated in padmasana, with part of the overrobe on the front face and a lower cornice decorated with a row of rosettes (six of them are preserved) between two plain fillets. Pink (or red) paint on overrobe. Trace of a disappeared wooden tenon on the back.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 10402/ 4
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -