Border tile — tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650 (IS.66-1898)

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.66-1898), made in Punjab (India), dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: Square border tile with floral motifs in green, white and brown enamel on yellow within a blue and white diaper with floral arabesque borders in blue and white on green separated by blue stripes.; Architecture, ceramic. Museum description: Part of a larger composition, this tile has a field of flowering plants in green, white and brown on a yellow ground within a blue and white shaped diaper pattern. Below this there is a border with floral and foliate arabesques design in blue, white and green between bands of blue and red stripes. The museum records it as Glazed earthenware with cuerda seca decoration, measuring Height 20.3 cm; Width 20.5 cm; Depth 2.5 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.