Collection

Male figure

Fragment of a relief with superimposed scenes, the upper one preserving a standing figure under an arch, the lower one a portion not discernible. The two registers are divided by a projecting cornice (with lozenges?). The base consists of a projecting plain fillet, the cornice of a projecting band decorated …

Architectural elements

Fragment of a relief preserving two architectural elements. On the back are horizontal traces of chisel. On the right are the remains of a city door of the Indian type consisting of a pointed, voluted arch and pendants. The voluted frame is decorated with a row of saw-teeth, the jamb …
Image of Last Existence: Great Renunciation

Last Existence: Great Renunciation

Fragment of a relief possibly representing the Great Renunciation, of which only Siddhārtha is preserved - the position recalls depictions of the bodhisattva watching sleeping women but here, Siddhārtha does not perform the abhayamudrā. Despising the enchantment of royal life, Prince Siddhārtha leaves the palace and his family in the middle …

Unidentified scene

Part of a relief showing an unidentified scene. The base consists of a projecting plain band. On the right proper side are the remains of a framed semi-column. On the right is a standing female figure. She wears a dhotī and anklets. A seated male figure is holding an indistinct …

Triton

Part of a figured frieze with continuous scenes, of which only the left one depicting a triton remains. A portion of the right one is still discernible, showing originally the same subject. The base consists of a plain band. The preserved scene is encased between two dividing elements in the …

Wheel

Fragment of a relief preserving on the right the lower part of a dividing element in the shape of an encased Corinthian pilaster with a base of torus type. On the left is a wheel. The base consists of a projecting plain band. On the bottom face is a tenon …

Lotuses

Part of a panel depicting three lotuses possibly encased in a trilobate arch-shaped frame, of which only the left segment is preserved. The lotus in the middle is the biggest of the three, the other two stem downwards from it. The three flowers are full-blown with one corolla.

Last Existence: Cutting of a Bundle of Reeds

Part of a figured frieze showing the Cutting of a Bundle of Reeds. Siddhārtha is asked to cut a bundle of reeds in one sword blow; at first, he seems to fail, but actually the cut was so sharp that the severed part of the bundle remains in place. The …

Mundane scene

Part of a relief depicting two standing figures. The base consists of a projecting plain band. On the left is a dividing element consisting of a frame with rosettes within filleted lozenges and half-rosettes in the resulting triangle. It is broken on the left-proper side. On the right is a …

Figures

Fragment of a relief showing a row of five standing (female?) figures. The base consists of a projecting plain fillet, the cornice of a projecting band probably decorated with a row of reverse, rounded petals above a plain fillet. The five figures are facing right in a three-quarter view with …

Bodhisattva with donors and/or devotees

Part of a relief showing a bodhisattva with donors and/or devotees. Both base and cornice are plain. The bodhisattva, originally in the middle of the relief, is seating in the European fashion on a throne with a canopy, of which only the left post is preserved. Both hands are …

Mundane scene

Relief depicting a vintner and a couple enclosed by two framed pilasters of the Gandharan-Corinthian type with a stepped base. The cornice consists of a plain fillet. A tenon is preserved on the bottom face. On the right is a vintner standing frontal, with the head turning right to the …

Bodhisattva

Head of a bodhisattva probably belonging to a statue. The bodhisattva has half-closed eyes and full lips. The circular ūrṇā-socket may have held a stone. He wears a skull-cap turban with a projecting vertical diadem.

Female figure

Fragment of a relief depicting a female figure standing under an arch. The figure is standing frontally. The right hand originally bore a flower (or a bunch of flowers), while the left holds a hem of the paridhāna. She also wears an uttarīya draped over the left shoulder, a pair …

Mundane scene

Part of a figured frieze originally consisting of two superimposed registers – the lower one is not preserved – separated by a fillet decorated with a motif which is not discernible. The cornice shows a stylized vine scroll. On the back are vertical marks of chisel. In the surviving register are four …

Male figure

Fragment of a relief depicting a male figure. A tenon is preserved on the top face. On the back are horizontal marks of chisel. The figure is standing with the right arm bent on the chest and the left hand is resting on the hip. He wears a long tunic …

Rosettes

A relief, possibly a cornice, decorated with a lattice of rosettes with six lanceolate plain petals and pistil. On the top face is a rectangular socket, and on the bottom face are the remains of another one.

Male figure

Statue in the round depicting a male figure. He is seating with his head slightly turning right and hands resting on the knees. The feet are not carved. The figure is naked, with a flaccid upper body and a circular navel. He has bulging open eyes and long, flowing hair …

Buddha

A projecting figured bracket depicting a standing buddha. The figure rests on a base consisting of a projecting plain fillet and a row of saw-teeth below, which continue on both sides where a framed net of oblique lines is also found. Part of a dovetail socket for wall is preserved …

Male figure

A projecting figured bracket depicting a standing male figure. The figure rests on a projecting base, which continues on both sides, where squared decorative panels are also found. The sockets for wall are preserved, as well as the tenon. The decorative panel on the left face depicts a worn out …