Part of a relief preserving a buddha with devotees. On the left, the scene is framed by a half column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type featuring a short flute and a flower. A rectangular tenon is carved on the top face. The back face shows vertical tool marks.
In the centre …
Part of a relief with two superimposed registers, the lower one showing a scene possibly from the Last Existence, the upper one two female couples on a balcony. The base consists of a plain fillet, the cornice is decorated with a row of saw-teeth. A circular nail hole is drilled …
Fragment of a relief showing two garland-bearers. The base consisted of a band, the cornice of a listel. The back face shows tool marks.
On the left, a bearer is standing turned back, his right hand is raising up. He holds the garland with both hands. The figure is naked …
A bracket-spacer depicting a winged male figure. The back and bottom faces show tools marks.
The figure is sitting, the right knee is raised up, the left leg is bent down. The right arm is resting on the leg, the left is bent up. The wings are rendered with simple …
A string triangular element of a stair railing representing a winged sea monster with rampant horse forelimbs. The figurative field is defined by a plain listel frame. The coiled body occupies the whole figurative field, the neck is bent downward to accommodate in the available space a disproportionately small head …
Fragment of a figured frieze originally consisting of two superimposed registers, the lower one representing episodes of the Last Existence of the Buddha, and the upper one is not preserved. The dividing band is carved with a motif that is not discernible.
The lower register depicts two scenes separated by …
A relief with two scenes from the Last Existence of the Buddha separated by an encased pilaster of the Gandharan-Corinthian type, a second one closes the left scene. The base is a plain fillet, the cornice originally consisted of a series of two plain listels and a larger band on …
A relief with two scenes both showing a buddha with devotees. The scenes are encased between, and divided by pilasters of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The base is plain and the cornice is composed of two plain fillets. The pilasters at both ends continue on the sides of the relief. At …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. He is sitting with the legs bent inward so that the feet touch the groin. His hands touch the ears. The torso is muscular with prominent pectorals. The face is round with a wide nose, straight mouth, and open eyes. The head …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. He is sitting on the ground with his right knee raised up. The right hand is raised up with the thumb, index, and middle finger extended and joined, and the left hand is holding a bow. The corpulent figure has flabby and …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure. On the back face, there are deep diagonal chisel marks.
He is sitting on the ground with the right knee raised up, the left is bent to the back. Both arms are raised up with open hands. The corpulent figure has flabby …
A projecting figured bracket depicting a standing male figure. The figure stands on a base which continues on both sides only as a straight line. The sides are otherwise plain. The sockets for wall are preserved, as well as the dovetail tenon. Deep flat chisel marks are visible on the …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a therianthropic male figure.
He is holding a shield in his left hand and an unidentified object (possibly a projectile weapon) in his right hand. He is sitting with the right leg bent, the left is bent to the back. The visible foot is that of …
A corner pilaster with a seated buddha in dhyānamudrā over a lotus throne on each of the two sculpted faces of the shaft. The two uncarved sides have vertical continuous sockets and a squared tenon is in the centre of the bottom face. The base consists of a plain fillet …
A figured bracket-spacer depicting a winged male figure. On the convex back, tool marks cut the surface in various directions.
The figure is sitting on a low podium, the right leg is bent. His right hand is raised and open while his left arm rests on the raised knee. The …
A stele statue depicting a bodhisattva. On the back face there are parallel horizontal flat chisel marks, deeper on the lower half of the figure.
The bodhisattva is sitting in the European position with crossed ankles (sattvāsana), the hands are in dharmacakramudrā. His round face has half closed eyes, straight …
A relief depicting Māyā’s dream. Māyā, the queen consort of Śuddhodana, dreams of a white elephant entering her womb through her right side. As soon as she wakes up, she finds out to be pregnant.
The scene is encased between a framed pillars of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The base …
Panel with rebated back showing the moment when the Gods entreat the Buddha to preach. In some accounts, the Buddha is reluctant to teach the dharma soon after attaining the Enlightenment. The gods Brahmā and Indra urge the Buddha to overcome his hesitation, persuading him to deliver his teachings.
The …
Panel with rebated back showing the Offering of Dust. Jaya and Vijaya, two boys of good family, see the Buddha while playing with dust or clay and put a handful in his begging bowl as offering. The Buddha predicts Jaya’s rebirth as the emperor Aśoka.
The panel is square …
Upper part of a false niche consisting of a carinated and voluted arch. On the back face, there are parallel horizontal flat chisel marks.
The arch bears a saw tooth motif bordering the inner side of the extrados. The lunette is defined below by a band decorated with a chequered …