Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01095
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In the front area of the chapel
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In the front area of the chapel
Other images
Deity; bodhisattva
Red clay
Very high relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 50; W: 44 cm
Late period
Deity or bodhisattva (upper part) in gesture of veneration, in a rocky background. On the right, outside the rocky landscape, the left end of a cornice decorated with a row of rosettes and the end of a waving flag (pataka) are preserved. Deity with naked torso, uttariya on the right elbow and body ornaments: necklace with oval pendant between lateral disks, keyuras with lobes decorated in the same shape as the pendant. Traces of the wooden inner armature.
Kabul National Museum
Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 787/ 6,7; 789/ 10,11,12; 1312/ 5,6
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: Inv. No. 6275
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: Inv. No. 6275