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tile

Tile
ca 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Punjab (made)

Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir, C16-17


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Tile
Titletile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with cuerda seca decoration
Earthenware (Red)
Cuerda Seca
Brief description
Architecture, ceramic, glazed, Kashmir, C16-17
Styles
Mughal
Shah Jahan
Object history
Said to have come from the tomb of Madani near But Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. The building dates from the mid-fifteenth century, but it was refurbished by a Mughal nobleman in Shah Jahan's time
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.255-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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