Tile, earthenware, glazed in cuerda seca technique, Mughal, mid-17th century.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
17th century
This fragment of a square earthenware tile, made in Mughal Hindustan in the mid-17th century, is glazed and decorated in cuerda seca technique, which involves outlining the design on the fired tile with a manganese pigment mixed with a greasy substance to separate the areas to be coloured from each other, and prevent seepage.
The tile was said to have come from a monument in Kashmir that had been refurbished during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658). Painted in lemon-yellow, blue and white with a spray of narcissus flowers and the top left of a lobed compartment. The grounds are green and yellow.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 6.125 in maximum; Width 7.5 in maximum
- Materials and techniques
- Ceramic, glazed earthenware.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Kashmir
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O166206
- Museum object number
- IM.279-1923
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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