Islamic Ghazni: Brickwork
Inv. no. C1573

Panels and frames
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XI
C1573

Other images

C1573_Artusi 2007

Panel
Brickwork
Carving
82×50×14
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Panel with two roundels of pierced pearls enclosed within a rectangular frame filled with a vegetal single scroll. Few cracks; frame worn in some parts. Similar to C1734, C2704, C2707, IG0633. For similar items in stucco, see C5668, C5669, C5694, C5708, C5721, IG0622.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 6476.
Neg. no.: 1225/1,4, 1240/5
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –