Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative plaque
Inv. no. TS01696

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1971
Tapa Sardar, II terrace
Trial-pit in the wall below passage 33 (6)
TS01696

Other images

MNAOR 3783 TS 1696
040199
040200
TS 1696

Garland / bunch of flowers
Grey clay
Relief; flowers worked separately then fixed to the surface
Max: 7,8 cm
Early period 2

Fragment of garland or bunch of flowers, including part of the tubular core and two flowers: rosette with four petals around a prominent pistil (button) and smaller flower with double corolla (first corolla with five petals). Fired accidentally.

Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 10419/ 1; 10420/ 8
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: -