Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS00893
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17 (4)
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Buddha
Red clay
Very high relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H (head with usnisa): 12,5 cm ca.
Late period

Buddha with half-closed bulging eyes, probably seated in dhyanamudra wrapped in overrobe. Hair rendered by rows of applied locks; separate usnisa. The figure was probably framed by a false-niche decorated with a row of rosettes (three of them are preserved) between two plain fillets.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 6727/ 1-5; 6734/ 8; 6736/ 6-10
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”