Buddhist Ghazni: Wall painting
Inv. no. TS01800

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Room 52
TS01800

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MNAOR 3802 TS 1800
MNAOR 3803 TS 1800
TS 1800
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Dep. CS 4031_ridimensionato

Buddha;Bodhisattva
Clay; paint: black, blue, brown, red, white
Tempera
H: 54,5; L: 196 cm
Late period

Wall painting (fragmentary) in two registers separated by straight festoon. Upper register with row of beaded medallions, with lotus flowers in the resulting spaces. Lower register with row of alternating Buddha and bodhisattva figures (two of them respectively are preserved) under canopies (with pendent elements), looking at each other, with nimbus and body-halo. Traces of black, blue, brown, red and white paint.
Related fragment: TS 1790.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse


Neg. no.: 10454/ 1-8
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