Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01147
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 23
Near the right-hand passageway
TS01147

Animal
Red clay; inferable wood (inner armature)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 14; W: 23,5 cm
Late period

Standing pig-like quadruped with short tail and hair shown by a single line of dots. Cavities left by a disappeared wooden inner armature visible in the section exposed by the fracture at the legs.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 11454/ 0
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”