Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01311
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Tapa Sardar, II terrace
Trench between corridor 32 and Room 18 (4)
TS01311

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Buddha
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 17; W: 9,7 cm
Late period

Head of a Buddha. Hair with rows of short incisions alternating with continuous grooves radiating from the peak over forehead; separate usnisa with round central plaque. Long earlobes with large holes. Cavities left by disappeared wooden tenons on the back.

Presumably from Vihara 17.

Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 9652
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: -
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