Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01887
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
Near front left corner of the chapel
TS01887

Other images

TS 1887

Buddha
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 20; W: 15,5 cm
Late period

Torso of a Buddha wrapped in overrobe. Cavities left by disappeared wooden tenons visible on the back.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 11021/ 8
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”