Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS00866

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
TS00866

Other images

AFTS0268
Afts0468
TS865+866
DSCN4845
Pezzi 2 021_num
Pezzi 2 021

Buddha
Red clay; black paint; inferable: wood (inner armature)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 16,5; W: 9,5 cm
Late period

Head of a Buddha seated in dhyanamudra, with long earlobes and hair with small squares (in concentric rows) having a central dot; separate usnisa. Black paint on hair. Cavities left by disappeared wooden tenons on the back.
Related fragment: TS 865 (body), TS 898 (throne).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)

Neg. no.: 6721/ 2 (with TS. 865); 6724/ 6-8
Digital photos: MAIA 2002; MAIA 2003
Drawings: -