tile
Tile
c.1640-50 (made)
c.1640-50 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is one of a group of Mughal tiles bought by this museum in 1923. They came from the tomb of Sayyid Muhammad al Madani in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from 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 | |
| Title | tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with glazed cuerda seca decoration |
| Brief description | Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir,c.1640-50 |
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| Object history | This tile is one of a group acquired in 1923 from Mr Frederick H. Andrews. He had been living in Srinagar where he had been 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 Sayyid Muhammad al Madani in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but a gateway ornamented with tiles was added during the reign of Shah Jahan. |
| Summary | This is one of a group of Mughal tiles bought by this museum in 1923. They came from the tomb of Sayyid Muhammad al Madani in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from 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.262-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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