Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01145
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 23
Against the front side of statue no. 39, on the floor
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 23
Against the front side of statue no. 39, on the floor
Durga Mahisasuramardini
Red clay; paint: black, blue, red; gilding
Very high relief; hair ornaments obtained from mould 23m2 (garland/plaques), 23m1 (disks), 23m11 (scrolls), 23m13 (one brooch-like plaque)
H: 64 cm ca.
Late period
Head of Durga Mahisasuramardini (sculptural group no. 40) with frowned eyebrows, third (vertical) eye, hair ornaments including a simanta in the shape of crescent above the forehead and ear ornaments. Black paint on hair, eye outline and eyebrows; red on hairline, eyelids, nostrils, garland and round plaques; blue paint on tuft; gilding on face.
Related fragments: TS 1075, TS 1076, TS 1140, TS 1141, TS 1142, TS 1143, TS 1757, TS 1762, TS 1764, TS 1959, TS 1987.
Kabul National Museum
Related fragments: TS 1075, TS 1076, TS 1140, TS 1141, TS 1142, TS 1143, TS 1757, TS 1762, TS 1764, TS 1959, TS 1987.
Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 8951/ 1-8; 8952/ 2-8; 10426/ 4-8; 10427/ 1-2
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
- Taddei 1973, pls. 15.5-15.6
- Taddei - Verardi 1978, pp. 55, 73, 84; fig. 81
- Silvi Antonini 2005, figs. 1-3
- Verardi - Paparatti 2005, p. 441; fig. 39
- Filigenzi 2008b, p. 11; fig. 3
- Filigenzi 2009b, p. 63; fig. 1
- Filigenzi 2009c, p. 79-80; fig. 6
- Verardi 2010, pp. 346-348; fig. 8
- Filigenzi - Giunta 2015, p. 84; fig. 9
- Filigenzi 2017a, pp. 80-81; fig. 61
- Forgione 2019, p. 137
- Filigenzi - Alram - Paiman 2020, p. 225; fig. 4