Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01071
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, II terrace
Below Room 36 (6)
TS01071

Human figure
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon/inner armature)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 6,5; W: 9 cm
Early period 2

Knot or usnisa of a figure, with hair with broken and alternating waves (right and left). Cavity left by a disappeared wooden inner armature (or tenon) on the top. Fired accidentally.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 8167/ 5-6; 8969/ 3-4
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”