tile
Tile
ca. 1650 (made)
ca. 1650 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This Mughal glazed earthenware tile is one of a group acquired in 1923 from Mr Frederick H. Andrews. He had been living in Srinagar as Director of the Technical Institute of Kashmir, and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. The tiles are said to have come from the tomb of Madani near But Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but a tiled gateway was added by order of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with cuerda seca decoration |
| Brief description | glazed earthenware, c. 1650 |
| Physical description | This square glazed earthenware tile is part of a decorative panel which has a deep cobalt blue ground overlaid with a fine floral and foliated scroll, over which there is part of a broad yellow arabesque in which there is a trailing floral and foliated stem. This is similar in style to IM.252-1923. |
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| Object history | This tile is one of a group acquired in 1923 from Mr Frederick H. Andrews. He had been living in Srinagar where he had been Director of the Technical Institute of Kashmir and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. The tiles are said to have come from the tomb of Madani near But Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but it was refurbished by a Mughal nobleman in Shah Jahan’s time. |
| Summary | This Mughal glazed earthenware tile is one of a group acquired in 1923 from Mr Frederick H. Andrews. He had been living in Srinagar as Director of the Technical Institute of Kashmir, and wrote to the museum in 1922 offering to sell his collection before he left that year to return to the UK. The tiles are said to have come from the tomb of Madani near But Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but a tiled gateway was added by order of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). |
| Associated object | IM.252-1923 (Set) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.251-1923 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2008 |
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