Articles by DiGA

Buddha and devotees

A relief with three separated scenes – the lateral ones are not preserved – belonging to a storey of a little stūpa. The scenes are separated by a framed half-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The frame is decorated with saw-teeth. The moulded base is decorated with a straight festoon with opposite lanceolate …
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Buddha and devotees

Relief depicting the Buddha with devotees. The scene was originally encased between two framed columns of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type, of which only that on the left is preserved. The base is plain and shows a vertical drawing line at the axis of the dividing element. The moulded cornice is decorated …
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Last Existence: Predication

Part of a frieze with two separate scenes from the Predication. The scenes are separated by a pillar of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a buddha against the shaft. The figure is sitting in padmāsana and dhyānamudrā on an open lotus and is wrapped in the overrobe, covering hands and feet …
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Bodhisattva, monk

A corner dividing element in the shape of two Gandharan-Corinthian pilaster with a bodhisattva against the shaft on one side, and a monk on the other. The base is moulded and plain. The top face shows a socket, the bottom face a rectangular tenon. Horizontal tool marks are seen on …
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Bodhisattva

Upper part of a statue stele depicting a bodhisattva The figure was in abhayamudrā. The head is round and plumply, with neck showing two lines. He has an ūrṇā in relief, arched eyebrows, a large nose and a thin mouth. The hair, styled in ringlets with locks flowing on the …
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Buddha with ascetics

Fragment of a frienze relief, probably part of a false-niche, showing remnants of two scenes separated by a band decorated with a scroll with vine leaves in the spirals and tendrils. Some large chisel marks run diagonally on the back side. The scene on the right shows the left leg …
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Last Existence: Unidentified scene; male figures

Fragment of a relief with two superimposed registers separated by a row of acanthus leaves (?). The cornice consists of a stylized vine scroll (?). The lower register originally depicted a scene from the Buddha’s Life Existence, of which only four heads remain. The upper register shows three of male figures …
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Vine scroll, rosettes

Fragment of a relief with two bands of decorative motifs. The larger band depicts a scroll with vine leaves in the spirals and tendrils. The other thinner band depicts a row of rosettes separated by a vertical fillet.
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Mundane scene

A fragment of a relief representing two male-female couples. The base is a plain fillet; there is no cornice. There is a rectangular tenon on the top and one on the bottom, almost in a symmetrical position. The first figure on the right is a man wearing a short tunic …
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Dragon fight

A fragment of a panel representing a figure fighting a dragon. The base is composed of a plain fillet. There is a rectangular tenon on both the top and the bottom. On the back, there are parallel, almost vertical, large chisel marks. On the right of the panel, there is …
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Rosettes

Part of a slab, probably a base, with rosettes decoration. On the top surface there is a rectangular socket adjacent to the right side, next to it there is an x shaped mark. Visible drawing lines are also visible. On the bottom, there are two sockets for cramps. On the …
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Bracketed cornice

Part of a bracketed cornice. There is a squared hole cutting across the slab on the proper left side. Seven brackets with a vertical central groove remain on the cornice.
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Buddha and devotees

Fragment of a relief depicting buddha and devotees. On the top side there is a rectangular tenon, and on the proper right side there are remnants of a vertical continuous joint. The profile of a buddha sitting under a tree with downward branches with lanceolate leaves is still partially visible …
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Buddha and devotee

Fragment of a relief with partial figure of Buddha with a devotee. The cornice is composed of a plain fillet. On the right side of the relief stands a bearded devotee – probably an ascetic or Brahmā - with hands joined in a gesture of veneration. He wears a paridhāna and an …
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Rosettes

Fragment of a slab with rosettes decoration. On the bottom, there is a socket per side. On the front and along the border on the top runs a row of rosettes separated by a vertical fillet.
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Rosettes

Relief with floral decoration. There is a rectangular tenon on the top side and one on the bottom. The proper right side shows a rebated joint. There are tool marks on the back. The panel is decorated with a lattice of rosettes with six lanceolate petals.
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Figures

Fragment of a relief depicting four figures. There is a tenon on the top and a socket on the right side of the fragment. Vertical large chisel marks are visible on the back. The first figure in the foreground on the right is an ascetic. His open right hand is …
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Bodhisattva

Part of a stele statue depicting a Bodhisattva. The back face shows tool marks. The bodhisattva has large eyes, a pointed moustache, and a plump mouth. He has straight hair with curled tips at the front and a central ribbon knot held by a string at the base. The head …
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Male devotee

Fragment of a relief showing a male donor standing under a door. To the right, there is a semi-column of Gandharan-Persepolitan type. The back side of the relief shows some large chisel marks. On the top and bottom of the fragment, at the left end, there is a tenon. The …
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