Glazed tile
Tile
late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
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Diamond-shaped, with relief Arabesque-plant having scrolling foliations and palmette-flower, painted in enamel colours in yellow, green and dark-blue on a white ground.
Object details
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| Title | Glazed tile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed terracotta |
| Brief description | Architecture, ceramic, Gaur Bengal, C15-16 |
| Physical description | Diamond-shaped, with relief Arabesque-plant having scrolling foliations and palmette-flower, painted in enamel colours in yellow, green and dark-blue on a white ground. |
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| Object history | Lent by the Royal Asiatic Society of London to the India Museum. Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in November 1879. Renumbered in 1924. |
| Production | Part of eleven terracotta bricks, with ornament modelled and cut by hand mainly in full-relief. The major part of the ruins of ancient city of Gaur is in Malda District of West Bengal in present day India. Only a small portion of the ruins are in Bangladesh. |
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| Accession number | IM.565:7-1924 |
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| Record created | August 15, 2003 |
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