Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01259
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 37
Near the main cultic image, right corner
MNAOR 3669 TS 1259

Bodhisattva
Red clay; black paint; inferable: wood (tenon)
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 25,5 cm
Late period

Head of a bodhisattva with pendent earrings. The figure was against a painted wall, a fragment of which is preserved on the back. Black paint on hair. Cavity left by a disappeared wooden tenon on the back.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 9566/ 2÷8; 9651/ 7-8
Digital photos: MAIA 2002; MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”