Buddhist Ghazni: Wall painting
Inv. no. TS01800
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Room 52
Tapa Sardar, Room 52
Buddha;Bodhisattva
Clay; paint: black, blue, brown, red, white
Tempera
H: 54,5; L: 196 cm
Late period
Wall painting (fragmentary) in two registers separated by straight festoon. Upper register with row of beaded medallions, with lotus flowers in the resulting spaces. Lower register with row of alternating Buddha and bodhisattva figures (two of them respectively are preserved) under canopies (with pendent elements), looking at each other, with nimbus and body-halo. Traces of black, blue, brown, red and white paint.
Related fragment: TS 1790.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Related fragment: TS 1790.
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 10454/ 1-8
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