Architectural fragment
Architectural Fragment
Late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
Late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
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Square tile with high-relief full-blown lotus painted in enamel colours in white, green and yellow on a deep-blue ground.
Object details
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| Title | Architectural fragment (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed terracotta |
| Brief description | Architecture, ceramic, Gaur Bengal, C15-16 |
| Physical description | Square tile with high-relief full-blown lotus painted in enamel colours in white, green and yellow on a deep-blue 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 | A part of eleven terracotta bricks, with ornament modelled and cut by hand mainly in full-relief. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
p.32 |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.565:9-1924 |
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| Record created | August 22, 2003 |
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