Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01323
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Room 36
Near the northwest corner
TS01323

Other images

Cassette 8 ott 059

Bodhisattva
Red clay; inferable: wood (inner armature)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 70 cm ca.
Late period

Torso presumably from the lost statue of the north-west corner of Room 36, probably a bodhisattva. Trace of the disappeared wooden inner amature.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 833/9÷12
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
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