Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01095
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1967
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In the front area of the chapel
Afts0455

Deity; bodhisattva
Red clay
Very high relief; rosettes obtained from mould 17m3
H: 50; W: 44 cm
Late period

Deity or bodhisattva (upper part) in gesture of veneration, in a rocky background. On the right, outside the rocky landscape, the left end of a cornice decorated with a row of rosettes and the end of a waving flag (pataka) are preserved. Deity with naked torso, uttariya on the right elbow and body ornaments: necklace with oval pendant between lateral disks, keyuras with lobes decorated in the same shape as the pendant. Traces of the wooden inner armature.

Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 787/ 6,7; 789/ 10,11,12; 1312/ 5,6
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: Inv. No. 6275
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