Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS00615
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Tapa Sardar
II terrace (6)
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Bodhisattva
Red clay
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 18 cm
Early period 2

Head of a bodhisattva with half-closed eyes, wearing a headwear and pendent earrings both decorated with incised motifs and imitations of stones. Fired accidentally.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 746, 747; 2927/ 1-6; 2317/ 1-5-7-8; 2316/ 1÷7; 2317/ 3÷4 and 6
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”