Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS00916

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17, on the platform

False niche (fragment of frame)
Red clay; brown paint
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
L: 26,5; W: 8,7 cm
Late period

End of frame of false-niche decorated with a row of rosettes (seven of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets (closed at one end). Brown paint on the background.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: -
Digital photos: MAIA 2002; MAIA 2003
Drawings: -