This work in mottled red sandstone is a carved fragment from an architectural wall facing. The crisp condition of the carving suggests it was situated in a part of the building that was sheltered from the softening and pitting effects of wind and rain. Floral motifs proliferated during the Mughal period in India; ranging from naturalistic to highly stylized depictions, such motifs are found in textiles and other decorative objects, as well as in paintings and architectural ornaments. In this fragment, panels of flowering lily plants flank a bowl of flowers placed within a cartouche, which itself echoes the shape of the petaled forms and is further decorated with flat, floral bosses.