Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C1259

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Entrance area, external side
C1259

Other images

C1259_Artusi 2007

Frieze
Stucco
Mould
17×16
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 the fleur-de-lis with a vegetal decoration moulded in negative on its surface. Similar to C1188, C1189, C1555, C1557, C1558, C2402, C2532, C2574, C2575, C3581, C6022, C6024, C6050. For the same motif with the vegetal decoration moulded in negative on the fleur-de-lis, see C2531, C2626, C6023, C6049, IG0632.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 7700
Neg. no.: 917/7, 3835/7
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –