Border tile, Multan, ca. 1880
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1880
Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IPN.2194), made in Multan, dated ca. 1880. The museum's brief description reads: Glazed earthenware, Multan, ca. 1880. Museum description: Rectangular glazed earthenware border tile, with multiple chips. Design in style of late 16th/early 17th century of cobalt blue scrolling lines bearing palmettes and half-palmettes, on a white ground with turquoise framing bands separated from the main panel of decoration by fine cobalt blue lines The museum records it as glazed earthenware, measuring Height 8.8 cm; Depth 2.5 cm; Width 20.4 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, earthenware
- Dimensions
- Height 8.8 cm; Depth 2.5 cm; Width 20.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- glazed earthenware
- Place recorded
- Multan
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Multan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Border tile
- Museum object number
- IPN.2194
- Museum system number
- O403455
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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