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Glazed tile

Tile
late 15th century-early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Gaur (made)

Diamond shaped tile, with rellief stylized flower on stem, in green, orange and black, within a black border on a white recessed ground.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Architecture
Tiles
India Museum
Object type
Tile
TitleGlazed tile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed terracotta
Terracotta
Glazed
Brief description
Tile; from Gaur, Bengal, India, late 15th - early 16th century
Physical description
Diamond shaped tile, with rellief stylized flower on stem, in green, orange and black, within a black border on a white recessed ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.5cm
  • Width: 19cm
Style
Sultanate Bengal
Object history
Lent by the Royal Asiatic Society of London to the India Museum. Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in November 1879. Renumbered in 1924.
Production
The museum number shown is incorrect, the correct number is IM.565:7/11-1924
Subject depicted
Islamic
Bibliographic references
  • (1) Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224 (p. 46, No. 31)
  • Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.32
Other numbers
  • 09232(IS) - India Museum Catalogue (IS) Number
  • 12,636 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.565:5-1924

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Record createdMay 17, 2000
Record URL
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