Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01465
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Near Throne 38, on the floor
TS01465

Other images

MNAOR 3717 TS 1465
MNAOR 3716 TS 1465
TS 1465
LA 9603_7_ridim
LA 9603_8_ridim
LA 9603_1_ridim
LA 9603_3_ridim
LA 9603_2_ridim
LA 9603_4_ridim
LA 9603_5_ridim
LA 9603_6_ridim
AFTS0151
AFTS0150
AFTS0152
AFTS0153

Bodhisattva
Red clay; black paint
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 9,5 cm
Late period

Head of a bodhisattva. “Flaming" hair, backwards, shown by deep wavy grooves, with simanta ornament above the forehead. Black paint on hair.
Related fragment: TS 1464 (body).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 9603/ 1÷8; 9632/ 3
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”