Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

tile

Tile
ca. 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

tile with the design outlined in dry manganese and painted with a portion of a larger design of symmetrical scrolling stems of flowers and leaves within compartments of lobed outline. It is painted in yellow, light-brown, dark blue and manganese.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titletile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with cuerda seca decoration
Brief description
Glazed earthenware, Mughal, ca. 1650
Physical description
tile with the design outlined in dry manganese and painted with a portion of a larger design of symmetrical scrolling stems of flowers and leaves within compartments of lobed outline. It is painted in yellow, light-brown, dark blue and manganese.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
  • Depth: 2.5cm
Style
Object history
This tile is one of a group of 63 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.
Collection
Accession number
IM.249-1923

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Record createdJanuary 22, 2008
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