tile
Tile
ca. 1650 (made)
ca. 1650 (made)
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This tile is part of a panel decorated with a design of floral arabesques on scrolling leafy stems.The tile has a white slip coating over which the design was originally painted in black and filled in with various colours against a yellow ground. A multi-petalled open flower at the top of the tile is painted in several colours leaving a margin of white slip apparent at the edges of the petals. It has a circle of bright blue petals at the centre round an orange blob, a further row of manganese purple petals, then a larger one of orange with alternating petals in blue slotted in between. Portions of other floral motifs in a similar colour range are seen in the middle of the right hand edge and in the corner of the lower edge to the right. At the left side of the lower edge there is another floral motif with three serrated petals picked out in blue against the white slip ground, an orange stamen and green calyx. The flowers are placed among a scrolling trails of slender green foliated stems.
Object details
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| Title | tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed terracotta |
| Brief description | Architecture, ceramic, probably Lahore, c. 1650 |
| Physical description | This tile is part of a panel decorated with a design of floral arabesques on scrolling leafy stems.The tile has a white slip coating over which the design was originally painted in black and filled in with various colours against a yellow ground. A multi-petalled open flower at the top of the tile is painted in several colours leaving a margin of white slip apparent at the edges of the petals. It has a circle of bright blue petals at the centre round an orange blob, a further row of manganese purple petals, then a larger one of orange with alternating petals in blue slotted in between. Portions of other floral motifs in a similar colour range are seen in the middle of the right hand edge and in the corner of the lower edge to the right. At the left side of the lower edge there is another floral motif with three serrated petals picked out in blue against the white slip ground, an orange stamen and green calyx. The flowers are placed among a scrolling trails of slender green foliated stems. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Mr. Frederick H. Andrews Esq. |
| Object history | 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 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.1292-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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