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Tile
- Place of origin:
Gaur (made)
- Date:
late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Museum number:
9363:34/(IS)
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case Q, shelf 4
Physical description
Rectangular bi-chrome glazed tile with repeated semi-medallions and discs in white on a dark blue ground.
Place of Origin
Gaur (made)
Date
late 15th century - early 16th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Dimensions
Length: 15.2 cm, Width: 9.6 cm
Object history note
From the ruins of Gaur
Descriptive line
Architecture, ceramic, Gaur Bengal
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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).
p.32
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.) :
Production Note
Most likely the tile was originally used inside the Gaur Palace.
Materials
Terracotta
Techniques
Glazed
Subjects depicted
Islamic
Categories
Tiles; Architecture; Ceramics; India Museum
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection