Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS00904
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Doorway on the right of statue no. 17 (on P.2)
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Doorway on the right of statue no. 17 (on P.2)
Other images
Buddha (throne)
Red clay; pink paint; inferable: wood (tenon)
Very high relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 16,5; W: 3,1 cm
Late period
Plain throne of a Buddha seated in dhyanamudra, wrapped in overrobe with covered hands and feet, set between two horizontal cornices, the lower one decorated with a row of rosettes (two of them are preserved at the bottom) between two plain fillets. Pink paint on overrobe. Traces of disappeared wooden tenons on the back.
Related fragment: TS 901 (body).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Related fragment: TS 901 (body).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 6729/ 4-5
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -