Tile, Punjab (India), c.1650
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c.1650
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.69-1898), made in Punjab (India), dated c.1650. The museum's brief description reads: Square tile with floral motif in blue, green and brown enamel on a yellow ground.; Architecture, ceramic. Museum description: Rectangular glazed earthenware tile, chipped at the edges and very pitted, with yellow ground and a single stylised blossom with orange, blue, white and manganese petals and yellow stamens. The museum records it as glazed earthenware, cuerda seca, measuring Height 19 cm; Width 18 cm; Depth 2.4 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 19 cm; Width 18 cm; Depth 2.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- glazed earthenware, cuerda seca
- Place recorded
- Punjab (India)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- IS.69-1898
- Museum system number
- O430230
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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