Adoration of the Turban

Part of a figured cornice depicting Siddhārtha’s turban and a devotee. The base consists of a plain fillet, the cornice of a projecting band decorated with a row of a row of bordered original leaf-and-dart. Vertical parallel tool marks run on the back of the relief. On the top there is a rectangular socket for cramp on the right end. On the figured field are depicted Siddhārtha’s turban on a throne with turned legs and covered by a draped cloth and a devotee, both under a round arch with carinated extrados and pendants. The remains of an identical arch can be seen on the right. On the left, a male devotee is crouching and turning towards the turban. He has joined hands and wears a paridhāna, an uttarīya, and a turban. The figures are separated by a framed semi-column of the Gandharan-Corinthian type.