Collection

Male figures

Fragment of a relief with two figures standing on each side of a pilaster. The base is a plain fillet. On the bottom, there is a rectangular tenon. An encased pilaster, of which only the lower part remains, originally divided the relief into two scenes. On the right, a damaged …

Buddha and devotee

Fragment of a relief depicting a buddha with a devotee to his left. On the right of the sculpted surface, there is an encased semi-column with a simplified capital of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a roundel central on the abacus. The base is plain and irregular tool marks are visible …

Last Existence: Great Departure

Fragment of a relief originally depicting the Great Departure. Prince Siddhārtha leaves the palace at night mounting his horse Kaṇṭhaka and accompanied by his loyal charioteer Chandaka. According to Buddhist literary accounts, spirits support the hooves of the horse to prevent noise and wake up Siddhārtha’s family. The base …

Male devotee

Fragment of a lateral nave and left outer jamb of a false niche with a kneeling devotee in a multi-storey aedicula and two decorative bands. On the top of the relief, there are a rectangular tenon and a horizontal socket. The proper right side has a small circular socket (?) in …

Ascetic

Fragment of a relief depicting an elder ascetic facing backwards, and reaching for a tree with upward branches and lanceolate leaves with his hands. In his left hand, he holds a staff. He wears a tunic of the exomis type. His hair is pulled up in a large knot.

Male figures

Fragment of a relief depicting two male heads, one in the foreground, the other in the background. The outline of the bust of a third figure remains on the left. Parallel large flat chisel marks are visible on the back.

Male figure

Fragment of a relief of which only a worn head with hair of a young man remains. He has straight hair, curled tips at the front and a small knot held by a ribbon.

Female figures

Fragment of a relief depicting two female figures beside an encased semi-column with a capital of Gandharan-Corinthian type. They are turned to their proper right. The defaced head with a large wreath and a knot of hair on top is all that remains of the one on the bottom. She …

Warrior

Fragment of a relief depicting a standing male warrior. There are irregular flat chisel marks on the back. The male figure does not seem to be wearing anything except for his mantle. His left hand rests on the hip, while the right holds a sword pointing down.

Capital

A Gandhara-Corinthian capital of a semi-column. The tapered sides are plain.

Male devotees

Part of the left semi-arch of a false-niche carved with two male devotees standing on a plain base. The two devotees tilted to their left, both wear a paridhāna and an uttarīya, a turban and earrings. They have joined hands in a gesture of veneration.

Lotus

A square bracket-spacer depicting a full-blown lotus with one corolla. The base is composed of a plain fillet. There are continuous tenons on both sides.

Male figures

Part of a relief with two doors with a pointed arch. A male figure is standing in the right one. The cornice consists of a projecting band decorated with a straight festoon with opposite lanceolate leaves. In the figured field, two doors with voluted arches, carinated extrados, pendants, and inner …

Figures

Fragment of a relief with the remains of two scenes separated by a framed half/semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type. The base is composed of a plain fillet. Of the scene on the right, a very damaged figure in profile, giving the back to the dividing element is all that …

Buddha

A stele statue depicting a buddha. Two nail holes are drilled in the hollows between the arms and the bust. The buddha is sitting in padmāsana on a seat with grass spread over it. He is wrapped in the overrobe with covered feet, the left hand is holding an edge …

Rosettes

A relief with a phytomorphic decorative lattice. On the top of the relief, there is a long tenon and on both ends of the bottom face, there is a socket for clasp. The proper right side is cut by a continuous vertical socket. On the bottom of the sculpted surface …

Gandharan-Persepolitan semi-column

Fragment of a relief representing a semi-column of the Gandharan-Persepolitan type with composite zoomorphic bell. The upper element of the capital depicts two bulls seated back-to-back.

Phytomorphic decorative motifs

Fragment of a relief bearing phytomorphic decorative motifs. On the back, there are irregular tool marks and two sockets for cramps perpendicular to the side. The external band is carved with a row of eight petalled rosettes separated by a vertical fillet. The other, only fragmentary, originally depicted a running …

Buddhas

A relief depicting a row of sitting buddhas. The base features a decorated moulding with two plain rebated fillets. The lower band is decorated with an intermediate element. The torus bears a straight festoon. The cornice consists of two superimposed fillets, the lower one is plain, and the upper one …