Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
      
      
        Inv. no. C1188
      
    Friezes
      IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Entrance area
    Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Entrance area
Frieze
Stucco
Mould
10×23×10
Late 11th - early 12th c.
Fragment of horizontally arranged frieze showing in the centre a large fleur-de-lis enclosed between two branches emerging from its base, rising symmetrically and ending in two leaves. Preserving one leaf. Similar to C1187, C1189, C1555, C1557, C1558, C2402, C2532, C2574, C2575, C3581, C6022, C6024, C6050, IG0996. For the same motif with the vegetal decoration moulded in negative on the fleur-de-lis, see C1186, C1259, C2531, C2626, C6023, C6034, C6049, IG0632, IG0781.
Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1643
        Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1643
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Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
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      Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
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