Glazed tile
Tile
late 15th century-early 16th century (made)
late 15th century-early 16th century (made)
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Merlon-shaped glazed tile, painted with a lotus in white against a blue ground.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Glazed tile (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Glazed terracotta |
Brief description | Glazed tile, Gaur, late 15th-16th century |
Physical description | Merlon-shaped glazed tile, painted with a lotus in white against a blue ground. |
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Object history | From the ruins of Gaur Historical significance: Example of glazed tile from the Sultanate Bengal period |
Production | A part of a cask containing tiles and many fragments, from the ruins of Gaur. |
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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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Accession number | 9364:6/(IS) |
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Record created | August 29, 2003 |
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