Architecture, ceramic, prob Lahore, ca. 1650

Glazed earthenware rectangular border tile with a central orange band between two narrower green bands and yellow margins. The central band is decorated with a green foliated scroll and a yellow arabesque which are connected by alternate flower heads facing up and down with blue petals edged in white.

Purchased from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews Esq.

This tile is one of a group 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 and were said to have come from the tomb of Madin Saheb (ie the Mughal gateway in front of the 15th century mosque and tomb of Syed Mohammad Madani).

Purchased from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews Esq., 12 Queensway, Raishia, Delhi, India. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 23/2764

This Mughal glazed earthenware border 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 was refurbished by a Mughal nobleman in the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-58).

CIRC.1306-1923