IDENTIFIERS
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id:	163291
accession number:	C.57-2007

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 11 June 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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 narrow floriated frieze occupies the upper quarter, while on the lower section a parade of animals incorporates an elephant and horse walking on a narrow band. 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
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163291


SUBJECTS
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elephant
horse
elephant
horse



TECHNIQUES
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Fritware with moulded decoration on the upper surface, which is also coated in a turquoise glaze.
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1900 - 1950
creation date earliest:	1900
creation date latest:	1950
culture:	20th Century, Early?

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 2.2

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 18.5

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1366

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 22.7



CITATIONS
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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
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