Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01938
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 37
Central area, towards the right front corner of the main cultic image (5 F)
TS01938

Other images

TS 1938

Bodhisattva
Red clay; black paint
Very high relief; keyūra and locks of hair obtained from mould (upper part of mould 37m3 and mould 37m12a respectively)
L: 13,5 cm
Late period

Right arm of a bodhisattva with long hair rendered by rows of applied locks and keyura with lobe decorated with scrolls. Black paint on hair.
Probable related fragments: TS 1543, TS 1559, TS 1563, TS 1944.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 11461/ 8-9
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”