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Tile

Late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lozenge-shaped glazed tile with arabesque flower motif painted in orange, yellow and turquoise over a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed Terracotta
Brief description
Architecture, ceramic, Gaur Bengal, C19
Physical description
Lozenge-shaped glazed tile with arabesque flower motif painted in orange, yellow and turquoise over a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.6cm
Style
Gallery label
GLAZED TILES From Gaur, Bengal Late 15th-early 16th century Pre-Mughal Islamic building in Bengal often use glazed and unglazed tiles as a decorative feature. The earliest dated appearance of glazed tiles at Gaur is on the Eklakhi tomb, generally accepted as the mausoleum of Sultan Jalal al-Din (d.1431). By the late 15th century the use of tiles had become more widespread, although in Bengal still confined to Muslim buildings. 9364:3 9363:50 9363:56 9363:42 9363:6 9363:31(ca.1997)
Object history
From the ruins of Gaur
Production
Also catalogued as 9363:56/(IS)
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
Collection
Accession number
9363:50/(IS)

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Record createdAugust 22, 2003
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