Tile, Mingun, 1750-1850

Tile, Mingun, 1750-1850 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1750-1850. The museum's brief description reads: Wall tile from a temple, rectangular, brown glazed earthenware with moulded and modelled decoration, from Mingun, near Mandalay, Burma, probably late 18th or early 19th century. Museum description: Four figures seated within a pavilion framed by a border of rosettes. Illustrates part of a Jataka story. Rectangular wall tile from a temple. Brown earthenware with moulded and modelled decoration and covered with a dark glaze. The museum record gives measurements Height 21.5 cm; Width 22 cm; place associated: Mingun. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.