Tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1650
Tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: Architecture, earthenware, glazed, Panjab, ca. 1650. Museum description: Square glazed earthenware tile with a yellow ground decorated with the lower part of a poppy plant which springs from a scrolling base which is part of an elaborate foliated strapwork frame in blue, orange, white and green in a style influenced by contemporary European designs. The museum record gives material recorded as enamel paint, Earthenware (red), slip (coating), white; measurements Height 20.2 cm; Width 19.1 cm; Depth 2.3 cm; place associated: Punjab (India). 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.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- enamel paint, Earthenware (red), slip (coating), white
- Dimensions
- Height 20.2 cm; Width 19.1 cm; Depth 2.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware with a coating of white slip and decorated above in cueda seca
- Place recorded
- Punjab (India)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- IS.48-1898
- Museum system number
- O434228
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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