tile
Tile
ca. 1650 (made)
ca. 1650 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This tile is one of a group acquired from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews in 1923. He had been living in Srinagar and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. All were acquired in Kashmir, and came from the Mughal gateway to the 15th century tomb and mosque of Syed Muhammad al-Madani, known locally as Madin Sahib.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed earthenware, cuerda seca |
| Brief description | glazed earthenware, Mughal, ca. 1650 |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Object history | This tile is one of a group acquired from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews in 1923. He had been living in Srinagar and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. All were acquired in Kashmir. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This tile is one of a group acquired from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews in 1923. He had been living in Srinagar and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. All were acquired in Kashmir, and came from the Mughal gateway to the 15th century tomb and mosque of Syed Muhammad al-Madani, known locally as Madin Sahib. |
| Bibliographic reference | Stronge, S. "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999
cat. no 55, p. 215 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.243-1923 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2008 |
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