Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01069
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, II terrace
Below Room 36 (6)
TS01069

Headwear (crown or turban)
Red clay
Very high relief; decorative plaque worked separately then fixed to the figure
H: 9,5; W: 10 cm
Early period 2

Crown or vertical-winged turban (fragment) with decorated zones, borders in relief with decorative plaques and ribbons or other decorative elements on sides. Blackened and fired accidentally.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)

Neg. no.: 8167/ 7; 8969/ 2
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”