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: Glazed earthenware, Mughal, ca. 1650. Museum description: The heavily damaged glazed earthenware tile has a blossoming plant with orange and manganese flowers on a yellow ground contained within a cartouche outlined in blue and orange. The ground outside the cartouche is pale green. The museum record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware; measurements Height 19.7 cm; Width 18.3 cm; Depth 2.5 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, earthenware
- Dimensions
- Height 19.7 cm; Width 18.3 cm; Depth 2.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- glazed earthenware, cuerda seca
- Place recorded
- Punjab (India)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- IS.49-1898
- Museum system number
- O434227
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.