Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01465
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1969
Tapa Sardar, Upper Terrace
Near Throne 38, on the floor
MNAOR 3714 TS 1465

Bodhisattva
Red clay; black paint
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 9,5 cm
Late period

Head of a bodhisattva. “Flaming" hair, backwards, shown by deep wavy grooves, with simanta ornament above the forehead. Black paint on hair.
Related fragment: TS 1464 (body).

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 9603/ 1÷8; 9632/ 3
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”