Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C5972

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
C5972

Frieze
Stucco
Carving
28×23
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Fragment of frieze with specular vegetal motif evoking a pseudo-epigraphy. Red, blue and yellow painting traces. Preserving most part of one central stem, two curling leaves and one palmette.
Similar to C1142, C2413, C2559, C2562, C2563, C2564, C2565, C2606, C2607, C2608, C2609, C2633, C2634, C2635, C2669, C3344, C3576, C5467, C5468, C5833, C5835, C5951, C5952, C5953, C5954, C5955, C5956, C5957, C5958, C5959, C5960, C5961, C5962, C5963, C5965, C5966, C5967, C5968, C5969, C5970, C5971, IG0653, IG0704, IG0732.

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.0441
Neg. no.: 3830/10; 912/10
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –