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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

tile

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

A square green tile with floral design in two corners. The two types of flowers are painted in red and blue on a green background, and in white and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Tiles
Object type
Tile
Titletile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed.
Brief description
Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir, C16-17
Physical description
A square green tile with floral design in two corners. The two types of flowers are painted in red and blue on a green background, and in white and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
  • Length: 19cm
  • Depth: 3.1cm
Style
Mughal
Object history
"From a tomb near Lahore" according to the Nominal file of F.H. Andrews, 1923/5650
The tile was acquired with others (IM.262-1923 to IM.272-1923) from Fred Andrews, who was appointed vice-principal of the Mayo School of Art in Lahore under Lockwood Kipling, with whom Andrews had become acquainted in London. He later succeeded Kipling as principal of the school and also as curator of the Punjab Museum. In Lahore, Andrews also met Aurel Stein, then principal of the Oriental College and Registrar of the new Lahore University, and it appears to have been Andrews who inspired Stein to turn his energies towards Asian archaeology and exploration. In 1898 he returned to England to take up the post of head of the art department at the People's Palace in Whitechapel, but in 1913 went to Kashmir as principal of the new Technical Institute at Srinagar, for which he also drew up plans.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Bibliographic references
  • Skelton, Robert, et al, The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 cat. no.5
  • Stronge, S. "The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms", V&A, 1999 p. 80, pl. 88
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.271-1923

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Record createdJune 27, 2008
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