Tile
17th century (made)
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This fragment of a square earthenware tile, made in Mughal Hindustan in the mid-17th century, is glazed and decorated in cuerda seca technique, which involves outlining the design on the fired tile with a manganese pigment mixed with a greasy substance to separate the areas to be coloured from each other, and prevent seepage. The tile was said to have come from a monument in Kashmir that had been refurbished during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ceramic, glazed earthenware. |
| Brief description | Tile, earthenware, glazed in cuerda seca technique, Mughal, mid-17th century. |
| Physical description | Earthenware, glazed in cuerda seca technique. The shape is irregular and includes most of the upper half of the original tile. Painted in lemon-yellow, blue and white with a spray of narcissus flowers and the top left of a lobed compartment. The grounds are green and yellow. |
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| Gallery label | GROUP OF TILES: Earthenware, glazed in cuerda seca technique, Mughal, mid 17th century.
This technique involves outlining the design on the fired tile with a manganese pigment mixed with a greasy substance which separates the area to be coloured.(Nehru Gallery, 2001) |
| Object history | Border Tile from the tomb of Madani, Mughal |
| Summary | This fragment of a square earthenware tile, made in Mughal Hindustan in the mid-17th century, is glazed and decorated in cuerda seca technique, which involves outlining the design on the fired tile with a manganese pigment mixed with a greasy substance to separate the areas to be coloured from each other, and prevent seepage. The tile was said to have come from a monument in Kashmir that had been refurbished during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658). |
| Associated object | |
| Bibliographic reference | Skelton, Robert, et al, The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982
cat. no. 5 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.279-1923 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2008 |
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