Buddhist Ghazni: Statue
Inv. no. TS01247

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1968
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Near Throne 6 (right corner)
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Kneeling or flying figure
Red clay; paint: black, pink, red; gilding; inferable: wood (tenon/inner armature)
In the round
H: 47 cm
Late period

Male deity, flying or kneeling towards the right, with right hand at the left hip height, wearing a paridhana, an uttariya, a thin girdle and body ornaments including: earrings (lost); two strand necklace with oval pendant in the shape of a beaded rosette surrounded by (swirled?) circular elements; armlet with decorated disc in the same shape as the pendant; two wristlets; thin girdle with buckle in the same shape as the pendant. Black paint on hair; red paint on breast (around the rosette) and uttariya; pink paint on the body. Gilding on the rosettes. Traces left by a disappeared wooden inner armature and tenon.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 9655/ 1÷8; 9654/ 1-2
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -