Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C6024

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
C6024

Frieze
Stucco
Carving
16×10.5×7.5
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 portion of the fleur-de-lis with a vegetal decoration in relief on its surface.
Similar to C1187, C1188, C1189, C1555, C1557, C1558, C2402, C2532, C2574, C2575, C3581, C6022, C6050, IG0996. For the same motif with the vegetal decoration moulded in negative on the fleur-de-lis, see C1186, C1259, C2531, C2626, C6023, C6024, C6049, IG0632, IG0781.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse
Neg. no.: 3835/6; 917/6
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2002
Drawings: –