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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c5.18

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c5.18

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c5.18

PAGE Pl. CV. Marble screen round the cenotaph of the Tāj . . . . 436 Fig. 245. Geometrical repeat . . . 437 Pl. CVI. Upper part of a corner turret, Itimād-ud-daulah's tomb, Agra, showing *pietra dura* inlay and marble mosaic . . . . 439 CVII. Pietra dura inlay on the cenotaph of the Tāj . . . . 440 CVIII. Minaret of Wazīr Khān's Mosque . 443 CIX. Chīnī-kā-Rauza . . . . 445 CX. Tile from the wall of Lahore Fort (*reproduced in colour by W. Griggs & Son*) . . . to face 446 CXI. A. Glazed earthenware tile from Panjāb, seventeenth cent.; 9½″ sq.; green ground. B. Enamelled earthenware tile from Delhi; ? sixteenth cent.; 11″ × 10¾″ sq.; dark blue, red, black, and green on yellow ground; humped bull and flowers. C. Enamelled earthenware tile from Lahore; seventeenth cent.; antelopes and flowers on yellow ground; 8¾″ × 8¼″ sq. . 447 CXII. A. Wall-tile of grey silicious earthenware, enamelled on white slip; wounded antelope yellow, horse white; from Lahore, seventeenth cent.; 10″ × 9½″ sq. B. Enamelled earthenware tile from Lahore, seventeenth cent.; red, yellow, and green flowers on green ground; 9½″ × 9¼″. C. Similar tile from Lahore, seventeenth cent.; flowers of various colours on red ground; 9¼″ sq. . . 449