Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01079

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 23
Below the main cultic image, on the floor

Meditating monkey
Red clay
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 9, W: 8,5 cm
Late period

Head of a meditating monkey: arched eyebrows, deep orbit and protruding wide open eyes with pupil shown by circular indentation.
Related fragment: TS 1754 (body).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 8174/ 9-10; 8943/ 1-4; 11454/ 9
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -