IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 163290 accession number: C.58-2007 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 14 June 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Fritware with moulded decoration on the upper surface, which is also coated in a turquoise glaze. Shape: rectangular tile with flat edges Upper surface: a floriated frieze occupies the upper quarter. The lower section depicts an elephant followed by a large quadruped, possibly a horse with rider) over a foliated background and above a narrow ridge. Glaze runs from the upper surface over the edges. Lower surface: undecorated except for drips of glaze from the upper surface object type: fritware, moulded and coated in a turquoise glaze title: tile NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by P.H.D.S. Wikramaratna in memory of his brother Professor P.H. Diananda STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163290 SUBJECTS ------------------- elephant horse elephant horse TECHNIQUES ---------- Fritware with moulded decoration on the upper surface, which is also coated in a turquoise glaze. moulding TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1900 - 1950 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1950 culture: 20th Century, Early? CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 3.2 dimension: Height units: cm value: 22.7 dimension: Weight units: cm value: 1965 dimension: Width units: cm value: 24.0 CITATIONS -------- Islamic Tiles Early Persian Tilework: The Medieval Flowering of Kāshī The legacy of Genghis Khan : courtly art and culture in western Asia, 1256-1353 Fakes and Forgeries in Islamic Pottery ---