A Multan underglaze-painted moulded pottery tile North India, 18th/ 19th...

A Multan underglaze-painted moulded pottery tile
North India, 18th/ 19th Century
of square form, moulded and decorated in polychrome with two baluster motifs, each decorated with floral decoration
30.7 x 32.9 cm.
Comparable moulded tiles can be seen along the parapet of the mausoleum of the Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif in Bhit Shah, Sindh, Pakistan, built by Ghulam Shah Kalhoro in the late 18th century, published in Abdul Hamid Akhund and Nasreen Askari, Tale of the Tile: The Ceramic Traditions of Pakistan, p.110, fig.177. According to Abdul Hamid Akhund and Nasreen Askari, the architecture of this shrine is an amalgamation of both Sindh and Multan decorative styles (Abdul Hamid Akhund and Nasreen Askari, p.111). The blue, turquoise, yellow, and apple green glazes used on the tiles on the dome and parapet of this mausoleum resemble those on the present lot.