Architecture, ceramic, prob Lahore, ca. 1650

Part of a larger composition, this glazed earthenware tile is a section of an interlaced diaper pattern in yellow with blue margins alternating with orange. Partial flower heads with blue and orange petals on the former and yellow and blue on the latter, with a calyx painted in manganese with a margin of the pink-ish body of the tile showing through. This is also evident as a pinkish line round the orange petals of the other flower.

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 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.

CIRC.1293-1923