Buddhist Ghazni: Statue
Inv. no. TS01016
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1968
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Near stupa 5, east side
MNAOR 3621 TS 1016 CS 4179

Lokapala
Red clay; white paint
In the round; completed by engraving
H: 8; W: 6,5 cm
Late period

Head of a lokapala with wide open eyes and frowned eyebrows, wearing hemispherical helmet with chin-band, scales on sides, points over forehead, chin and cheeks, decorated with a row of square plaques above the forehead, crowned by a disc-and-crescent symbol. White paint on surface. Blackened by accidental fire.

Neg. no.: 8976/ 5-7
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”