Buddhist Ghazni: Cornice
Inv. no. TS01896
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
TS 1896

False niche (fragment of arch and cornice)
Red clay
Relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 22,5; W: 23 cm
Late period

Fragment of arch of trefoil false-niche, including the end of a horizontal cornice on the left, decorated with a row of rosettes (eight of them are preserved) with six “concave” petals around a concave button (pistil) between two plain fillets.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 11023/ 2
Digital photos: MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”