Border Tile
c.1640-50 (made)
This is one of a group of Mughal tiles bought by the museum in 1923. They came from the tomb of Sayyid Muhammad al Madani in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates to the mid-fifteenth century, but a gateway ornamented with tiles was added during the reign of Shah Jahan. By 1923, most of the tiles had fallen off the gateway.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Square border tile with white, red and yellow enamel arabesques on a green ground between white borders and floral arabesques on a red/brown ground.; Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir, C1640-50 |
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| Object history | Bought from F. Andrews. |
| Summary | This is one of a group of Mughal tiles bought by the museum in 1923. They came from the tomb of Sayyid Muhammad al Madani in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates to the mid-fifteenth century, but a gateway ornamented with tiles was added during the reign of Shah Jahan. By 1923, most of the tiles had fallen off the gateway. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.267-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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