On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tile

late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Gaur (made)

Rectangular bi-chrome glazed tile with repeated semi-medallions and discs in white on a dark blue ground.

Object details

Categories
Tiles
Architecture
Ceramics
India Museum
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Terracotta
Glazed
Brief description
Architecture, ceramic, Gaur Bengal
Physical description
Rectangular bi-chrome glazed tile with repeated semi-medallions and discs in white on a dark blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.2cm
  • Width: 9.6cm
Style
Sultanate Bengal
Object history
From the ruins of Gaur
Production
Most likely the tile was originally used inside the Gaur Palace.
Subject depicted
Islamic
Bibliographic references
  • Mitra, Pratip Kumar, Source Material on the Medieval Cities of Gaur and Pandua (West Bengal, India) in the British Public Collections, Archaeology of Eastern India: New Perspectives, Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training Eastern India, Kolkata 2002, pp.279-330, fig.20 (p.329).
  • 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
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
9363:34/(IS)

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Record createdAugust 22, 2003
Record URL
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