Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01562
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1970
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 37
Central area (7 E)
MNAOR3759TS1562

Buddha
Red clay; paint: black, red
Very high relief; completed by engraving
H: 15 cm
Late period

Head of a Buddha with urna in relief. “Flaming" hair, backwards, shown by deep grooves, with stacked coil having curled tip near the left ear and horizontal bundle of hair pulled behind neck. Black paint on hair; red paint on the left eye.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2003)
Neg. no.: 9653/ 1÷4
Digital photos: MAIA 2002; MAIA 2003
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”