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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

14th century-15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Thailand (made)

Tile, finial, grey stoneware, covered with a whitish glaze; palmette-shaped moulded with a fleur-de-lys and curled leaves


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Carved stoneware with whitish glaze
Stoneware
Carving
Glazing
Brief description
Carved stoneware tile with white glaze, Thailand, 14th-15th century
Physical description
Tile, finial, grey stoneware, covered with a whitish glaze; palmette-shaped moulded with a fleur-de-lys and curled leaves
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
From register: Height 10 in.
Gallery label
  • Tile-finial. Stoneware with opaque white glaze. SIAMESE (SAWANKHALOK); 15th-16th century. C.256-1938.(pre-1988)
  • Tile Carved stoneware with whitish glaze THAI (Sawankhalok); 14th - 15th century C. 256 - 1938
    (RK. 1988)
    (1988)
Production
From register
Subject depicted
Fleur De Lys
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1980, cat. 291.
  • Le May, Reginald.The Ceramic wares of North Central Siam. The Burlington Magazine. October 1933, vol. LXIII p. 156.
  • Le May, Reginald.The Ceramic wares of North Central Siam. The Burlington Magazine. November 1933, vol. LXIII p. 203.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.256-1938

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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