Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS00946
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1968
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Under the lotus base of stupa 4
TS00946

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Vegetal
Red clay
Relief; decorative plaques obtained from mould
H: 3,8; W: 10,5 cm
Late period

Architectural decoration preserving two adjacent rows of decorative plaques respectively composed of (three) brooch-like plaques seemingly imitating a baguette-cut stone alternating with two spherical beads or granulated spheres on the short sides and (two) rosettes with five petals. Partially blackened by accidental fire.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 7382/ 3-4; 9609/ 8
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”