Glazed tile from the tomb of Madin Sahib

Details

• Title

  Glazed tile from the tomb of Madin Sahib

• Associated place

  Asia › Pakistan › Punjab province › Punjab plains › Lahore (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › India › north-west India › Jammu and Kashmir › Srinagar district › Srinagar (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › India › north-west India › Jammu and Kashmir › Srinagar district › Srinagar › Tomb of Madin Sahib (original location)

• Date

  c. 1655

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with polychrome glaze applied in the cuerda seca technique

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  architecture › building/structure › shrine;

  architecture › tile

• Dimensions

  18 x 16 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1994.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 33 | Mughal India

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1994.110

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