Articles by DiGA

Rosettes

Part of a relief depicting rosettes. There is a tenon on the top and one on the bottom. The right end of the front is plain, the sculpted surface is framed. From the right there is a pilaster of Gandharan-Corinthian type with a short flute on the shaft. Follows a …
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Rosettes

A panel decorated with a phytomorphic-geometric design. There are tool marks on the back side. On the top there are two rectangular tenons, symmetrically on the bottom there are remnant of similar tenons. The panel is decorated with a grid of rosettes within filletted lozenges encased between two pillasters of …
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Semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type

Dividing element depicting an encased semi-column of Gandharan-Corinthian type. On the top there is a rectangular tenon. On both sides there are rebated joints. On top of the capital there is a rosette.
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Umbrella

An umbrella decorated with four petalled rosettes inscribed in radiating thick frames. There are two holes for pinnacle, possibly resulting from the recentering of the pinnacle after a restoration. One one is at the convergence of the frames while the second is at the centre of the umbrella.
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Stepped cornice

Stepped cornice of a harmikā. There are drawing lines on the bottom and top surface. A hole runs vertically through the centre of the harmikā. The first step is decorated with a wavy line. The next displays a row of disks with central hole between pain fillets. The last step …
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Male figures

Part of a relief representing two small figures standing under doors. The base consists of a plain fillet. The cornice has a row of dentils with same height and width, topped by what was probably a row of pearls and a plain fillet. Two identical male figures stand frontal, head …
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Mundane scenes

Part of a relief with mundane scenes. The base consists of a plain fillet. The projecting cornice has a row of alternating rosettes and vertical acanthus leaves between plain fillets. There are some large vertical tool marks on the back. On the top there are two squared sockets on the …
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Buddha

Fragment of a relief representing Buddha. There are tool-marks on the back of the relief. Buddha, of which only the head has been preserved, is depicted with semi-closed eyes, a short nose, and thin lips. He has long ear lobes. He has hair with vertical rows of waves and separate …
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Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven

A panel depicting the Bodhisattva in Tuṣīta Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattva. The buddha-to-be Maitreya resides here, as the other bodhisattvas before they are reborn in the human realm as buddhas. Also Śākyamuni resided in Tuśita before his last existence. The base is a plain …
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Last Existence: Māra's assault

A relief depicting a scene from the Last existence. The base consists of a plain fillet. On each side there is a vertical continuous rebated joint. On the bottom there are two rectangular sockets. The back face shows deep parallel vertical chisel marks. A socket for cramp is visible on …
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Last Existence: Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven, Unidentified scene

Part of a frieze relief with two two separate scenes. The base and cornice consist of a plain fillet. The back face shows deep parallel vertical chisel marks. The scene on the right represents the Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattva. The buddha-to-be …
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Revelry scene

A panel representing drinking figures. The base is a plain fillet. On the top there is a rectangular tenon, two more similar tenons are on the bottom. On the proper left side, the flowing clothes of the last figure overflow the border. On the back there are deep vertical tool …
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Last Existence: Visit of Indra, Buddha and devotees

Part of a relief depicting two separate scenes from the Last Existence. The base consists of a plain fillet, the cornice consists of a plain fillet topped by a bracketed cornice. The extant proper right side is rebated to obtain a joint. On the back run parallel vertical deep chisel …
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Last Existence: Offering of Dust, Taming of the Elephant

A panel representing two scenes from the Last Existence. The base is a plain fillet, the cornice includes a sequence of four fillets, of which the second and largest one is decorated with a row of saw-teeth. On the back of the panel there are some large vertical chisel marks …
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Last Existence: Presentation of the Bowls, Unidentified scene

Part of a frieze of small stupa depicting scenes from the Last Existence. The recessed base includes a decorated band with a straight festoon with opposite lanceolate leaves between two plain fillets, a plain torus, and a double thin fillet. The cornice has a double wavy line between plain fillets …
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Buddha

A stele statue depicting the Buddha. There are horizontal chisel marks on the back. The Buddha is seated in padmasanā and dhyanamudrā over a seat whose front face is decorated with a row of square panels bisected into triangles each containing a smaller triangle. He is wrapped in his overrobe …
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Buddhas

Part of a relief depicting a series of meditating buddhas between trees. The base consists of a plain fillet; the cornice includes two plain fillet, the upper one slightly projecting. On the back there are remnants of vertical parallel flat chisel marks. On the bottom face, at both ends, there …
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Buddha

A stele statue depicting the Buddha. There are small chisel marks on the bottom. The Buddha is seated in padmasanā and dhyanamudrā over a seat whose front face is decorated with a straight festoon with opposite lanceolate leaves. He is wrapped in his overrobe with round neckline. He has covered …
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Buddha and devotees

A cornice element with two registers of decoration. On the proper left side there is a rebated joint, while on the right there is an irregularly shaped tenon. On the back there are large vertical tool marks, on the top remnant of a vertical socket on the right end. The …
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Pseudo-railing

A decorated cornice element. There are tool marks on the proper left side. On the top right side there is a socket for cramp. From the bottom, the cornice is composed by a plain fillet, followed by the main field that depicts a pseudo-railing motif. On top of the latter …
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