Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative plaque
Inv. no. TS01859
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Near Throne 1, south side
TS01859

Scroll
Red clay; red paint
Relief; obtained from mould
L: 5,8 cm
Late period

Curvilinear running scroll (fragment) with spirals (two of them are preserved) consisting of round plaques decorated with alternating clockwise and anti-clockwise twisted stem ending into a three-lobed flower or leaf and lower plain fillet. Red paint on surface.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”