Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C2531

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Throne room II, southern side, next to the outer wall
C2531

Frieze
Stucco
Mould
20×18×3.5
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, and portion of one branch and leaf.
Similar to C1187, C1188, 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, C2626, C6023, C6034, C6049, IG0632, IG0781.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 7692
Neg. no.: 1496/2
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –